Irish Section Conference : Nutrition, health and ageing - translating science into practice

This conference will explore current issues in relation to nutritional status in specific chronic diseases associated with ageing populations, .. Read more including metabolic health, cognitive function and sarcopenia. Strategies to address these issues will also be discussed including development of novel biomarkers of nutrient status and dietary intervention approaches as well as approaches to enhance screening and assessment, and implications for food and nutrition policy. This year, for the first time, the Postgraduate and main Irish Section meeting will amalgamate with the first day of the event dedicated to the Postgraduate Conference. The Postgraduate Conference will focus on providing students with an insight into nutrition-related career followed by a practical, hands-on interactive workshop to develop a pitch for a Thesis-in Three. This event will be facilitate by a number of speakers across a range of career paths, followed by a workshop led by Thesis-in Three experts who will provide invaluable information on how to disseminate the most pertinent information from your research in the three-minute format. Membership of our global nutritional science community offers a host of benefits, from access to the latest evidence based research to event discounts and travel grants. Find out more about our history, from how the Nutrition Society was first established, to how we’ve become the largest learned Society in Europe today.