ILSI Europe The European branch of the

International Life Sciences Institute

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Aspects of Energy Metabolism

Dr Stephane Vidry

10 May 2012, Lyon, France

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To improve public health and safety

through advancement of science

ILSI Mission

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ILSI Mission

Global Scope

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European branch of the worldwide

International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)

http://europe.ilsi.org

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ILSI Europe

Established 1986

Location Brussels, Belgium

Members 60 Companies

Funding Members, EC

Activities through 25 Task Forces

ILSI Europe Membership in 2012 60 Members

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H J Heinz

Institut Mérieux

International Nutrition Company

Kellogg Europe

Kikkoman Foods Europe

Kraft Foods Europe

Luigi Lavazza

Mars

McDonald's Europe

McNeil Nutritionals

Mead Johnson Nutrition

Merck Consumer Healthcare

Monsanto Europe

Naturex

Nestlé

Nexira

Newtricious

PepsiCo International

Pfizer Consumer Healthcare

Pierre Fabre Dermo Cosmétique

Premier Foods

Procter & Gamble

Puratos Group

Red Bull

Roquette Group

Royal FrieslandCampina

Rudolf Wild

Schwabegroup

Sensus

Solae Europe

Soremartec Italia – Ferrero Group

Südzucker/BENEO Group

Syngenta Crop Protection

Swiss Quality Testing Services

Tate & Lyle Ingredients

Tereos-Syral

Tetra Pak Research

Ülker Bisküvi

Unilever

Yakult Europe

Abbott Nutrition

Ajinomoto Europe

Barilla G. & R. Fratelli

BASF

Bayer CropScience BioScience

Beverage Partners Worldwide

Bionov

Bunge Europe

Campbell Soup Company

Cargill

Carlsberg

Coca-Cola Europe

Cosucra Groupe Warcoing

Danone

Dicofarm

Dow Europe

DSM

DuPont de Nemours

Firmenich

Givaudan International

ILSI Europe Publications

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Three types of publications

Concise Monographs

Black and White reports

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

http://www.ilsi.eu/Publications

Mapping of activities

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ILSI Europe’s Portfolio

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Assessment of Benefits & Risks

• Addition of nutrients to food

• Emerging Technologies

• Food intake methodology

• Functional foods

• Novel foods and Nanotechnology

• Risk analysis in food microbiology

• Risk assessment of chemicals in food

• Risk assessment of genotoxic

carcinogens

• Threshold of toxicological concern

Diet, Health & Disease

• Dietary carbohydrates

• Eating behaviour and energy balance

• Food allergy

• Metabolic imprinting

• Metabolic syndrome

• Nutrient requirements

• Nutrition and immunity in man

• Nutrition and mental performance

• Prebiotics

• Probiotics

• Weight management in public health

Societal Aspects • Consumer science

Food Chain

• Emerging Microbiological Issues

• Environment & health

• Packaging materials

• Process-related compounds and Natural

Toxins

Strategy

Work Related

to Obesity

Long Term Impact Prevention of Obesity

Health Determinants Epidemiology

• Metabolic Syndrome • Dietary Carbohydrates • Eating Behaviour • Nutrtion and Immunity

• Weight Management in Public Health

• Nutrition and Immunity

• Weight Management in Public Health

• Eating Behaviour

• Metabolic Imprinting

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Example of activities

Long-term Health Outcomes from Early Life

Nutritional Interventions: Need to maximise the

research potential of current and future cohort

studies

Obesity in Pregnancy: Implications for the Mother

and Lifelong Health of the Child

Age standardization in mapping adult overweight

and obesity trends in the WHO European Region

Biomarkers of Inflammation Towards Guidance for

future nutrition studies

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Objectives

To identify…

• … consensus criteria for validation of markers in nutrition research

• … consensus markers to use in different fields of nutrition research

Marker Initiative

in Nutrition Research

Defining criteria will help to provide guidance for the

development of future markers in nutrition research

Looking for criteria at large (if possible),

but also for specific fields

Workshop 27-29 June 2012

Marker Initiative

in Nutrition Research

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Marker Initiative in Nutrition Research

Programme of the session

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Session supported by:

- Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Task Force

- Metabolic Imprinting Task Force

Early Origins of Adipose Tissue Prof. Michael Symonds

Inflammation of Adipose Tissue Prof. Philip Calder

Nutritional Management of Dr. Wendy Russel

Postprandial Glycemia

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