Åbningsseminar: Underernæring i barndommen – resultater og udfordringer

TID: Fredag den 10. oktober kl. 13-15

STED: Festauditoriet, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Campus, Bülowsvej 17, Frederiksberg. 

TID: Fredag den 10. oktober kl. 13-15

STED: Festauditoriet, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Campus, Bülowsvej 17, Frederiksberg. 

TILMELDING: All interested persons are invited to at tend. Please register by mailing to [email protected]

Professor André Briend, Inaugural seminar: “Childhood malnutrition – successes and challenges”

A seminar is held to mark the appointment of André Briend as Affiliated Professor in Child Nutrition at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen.

André Briend has more than 30 years of experience in paediatric nutrition research in low-income countries, with particular focus on the physiology and treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition.

He played a key role in the development of Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food, which have had a dramatic impact on the way children with severe acute malnutrition are managed today.

13.00 – 13.10: Introduction and welcome, by Professor Kim Fleischer Michaelsen, University of Copenhagen

13.10 – 14.55: “Severe Acute Malnutrition – successes and challenges”, by Professor André Briend

14.00 – 14.45: “Malnutrition in an evolutionary perspect ive”, by Professor Jonathan Wells, UCL Institute of Child Health, London

14.45 – 15.00: Questions and discussion

After the seminar, a reception will be held.