NUTR 400/500: Functional foods and affordable nutrient density in South East Asia
Speaker: Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS. Director of Clinical Nutritional Sciences, Singapore Institute of Clinical Sciences, Singapore

Seminar Series: Global Nutrition Challenges and Opportunities

This weekly series explores the nutrition-related challenges facing every country in the world. Malnutrition can take many forms from undernutrition, childhood wasting and stunting to hidden hunger and rising rates of adult and child overweight. Many global diets, including those of higher income countries, continue to be deficient in priority micronutrients iron, zinc, calcium, folate, iodine and vitamin A. Is fortification the answer? There are further concerns about protein quality and protein sources and the future of alternative proteins from plants. Building sustainable healthy diets for low- and middle-income countries is a particular challenge. The four dimensions of sustainable nutrition are health, economics, society and the environment. Global food systems need to produce food that is nutrient rich, affordable, socially acceptable across geographies, and environmentally friendly. What is the role of livestock, fisheries, food science, and the food industry in providing the world with the foods we need? Guest speakers in this series are at the forefront of global initiatives aiming to reduce undernutrition and build sustainable, healthy food systems worldwide.

All UW students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend the seminar.