Weight Management & Obesity

It seems as if the whole world is watching their weight. It's a bitter pill to swallow, but weight issues and obesity have reached parallel status with HIV and malnutrition. The obesity crisis, coupled with an ongoing health care crisis, has the potential to catapult the healthy ingredient sector into a role as solution provider for healthcare cost reduction and policy reform. This dramatic paradigm shift raises as many new opportunities as questions. What products will emerge from the chaos? Will they be supported by clinical science and data from human populations? Will food, beverages or supplements be the primary vector for product traction? (The supplement weight loss category currently stands at $2.3 billion, though supplements are no longer the exclusive solution for weight management.) And what will resonate among the media and a population, desperate for answers, but also skeptical of empty quick fixes? Nutracon's panel of weight management experts will tackle these questions and more.

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Weight Management & Obesity (Wednesday)
New Developments in Botanicals & Extracts (Wednesday)
Healthy Aging (Wednesday & Thursday)
Mainstreaming of Natural Sweeteners - (Wednesday & Thursday)
Antioxidant Science (Thursday)
Healthy Oils (Thursday)

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Track Chair: Jay Udani, MD, Medical Director - Integrative Medicine Program, Northridge Hospital / Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA/Geffen School of Medicine

	DATE, TIME	EVENT DETAILS
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
	8:30 am - 9:00 am	Welcome and Introduction Track(s): Healthy Aging,
	9:00 am - 10:00 am	Keynote Address; Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently Gregory Berns, Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics, Emory University Track(s): Healthy Aging,
	10:00 am - 10:30 am	Networking Break SubTrack(s): SuperTrack Test 1 Track(s): Healthy Aging,
	10:30 am - 10:45 am	Track Chair Overview Jay Udani MD, CEO and Medical Director, Medicus Research SubTrack(s): SuperTrack Test 1
	10:45 am - 11:45 am	Obesogens, Stem Cells, and the Maternal Programming of Obesity Bruce Blumberg Ph.D, Professor, Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine
	11:45 am - 12:30 pm	Trends in Weight Management Thomas Aarts, Co-Founder, Nutrition Business Journal
	12:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Networking Lunch Track(s): Healthy Aging,
	1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Speed Data Sessions Thomas Aarts, Co-Founder, Nutrition Business JournalJohn Grubb, Managing Partner, Sterling-Rice GroupElodie Lebastard, Regulatory Advisor EAS EuropeMary Mulry PhD, President, Foodwise, Inc.Ed Wyszumiala, Manager, NSF International Track(s): Healthy Aging,
	2:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Slim Slam II Thomas Aarts, Co-Founder, Nutrition Business JournalAnthony Almada MSc, President & CEO, GENr8, Inc.Vladimir Badmaev MD, PhD, PL ThomasAbhijit Bhattacharya, Chief Operating Officer, OMNIACTIVE HEALTH TECHNOLOGIESHarry Preuss MD, MACN, CNS, Professor of Physiology, Medicine & Pathology, Georgetown University Medical CenterSharrann Simmons, MARKETING DIRECTOR, NA, COGNIS NUTRITIONI & HEALTHJay Udani MD, CEO and Medical Director, Medicus Research
	3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Networking Break Track(s): Healthy Aging,
	4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Behavioral Issues in Weight Management John Foreyt, Baylor College of Medicine
	5:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Q&A and Conclusions Jay Udani MD, CEO and Medical Director, Medicus Research
	5:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Movers and Shakers Interactive Cocktail Party Track(s): Healthy Aging,
Thursday, March 11, 2010
	5:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Supplier's Night Track(s): Healthy Aging,