Events and courses

NUtritiON SOCiEty wiNtEr mEEtiNg 2014 Organised jointly with the Royal Society of Medicine Nutrition and age-related muscle loss, sarcopenia and cachexia’

9-10 December 2014 Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK www.nutritionsociety.org/winter-meeting-2014 The meeting will explore the importance of nutrition in preventing and treating sarcopenia and cachexia. Attendees will learn about current research and clinical perspectives on the impact of skeletal muscle on human health, and how nutrition influences this. They will have the opportunity to network with colleagues from basic science, nutrition, dietetics, public health and industry. The programme will include a variety of plenary sessions, Original Communications, the Cuthbertson Medal Lecture and opportunities for networking.

NEw FrONtiErS iN FiBrE - BritiSH NUtritiON FOUNDAtiON HALF-DAy SymPOSiUm

29th January 2015 - 12.30 to 16.30 This insightful half-day event will explore the relationship between fibre and health and will include individual presentations by experts in the field followed by a facilitated Q&A panel discussion. The symposium will look at emerging research on the role of fibre and novel fibres in mineral absorption, immunity, cardiovascular disease and obesity. It will also cover the implications of increasing fibre in the diet generally and in certain clinical groups. Full programme details and booking information can be found at:

www.nutrition.org.uk/bnfevents/events/new-frontiers-in-fibre

UNivErSity OF NOttiNgHAm - SCHOOL OF BiOSCiENCES Modules for Dietitians and other Healthcare Professionals

• Understanding Behaviour Change Module - 12th February 2015 • IBS & the Use of the FODMAPs Diet Study Day - 18th March 2015 For further details please email marie.e.coombes@ nottingham.ac.uk, tel: 0115 951 6238 or check out the University website at www.nottingham.ac.uk/biosciences and click on short courses then ‘for practising dietitians’. obESITy- A NATIoNAL EPIDEMIC

8th December Conference The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre, London http://obesity-conference.govtoday.co.uk/programme

EARLy yEARS: HIGH IMPACTS foR HEALTH

9th December The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre, London www.infanthealthconference.co.uk/programme

bEHAvIoUR CHANGE

19th-21st January 2015 Venue: Derby For further details www.ncore.org.uk

SURvIvAL IN THE HEALTH AND CARE LANDSCAPE

26th-27th January 2015 Clinical Leadership, Quality Service Improvement and Commissioning for Dietitians Venue: Derby www.ncore.org.uk

NEW fRoNTIERS IN fIbRE

29th January 2015, 12.30 to 16.30 British Nutrition Foundation half-day symposium Governors Hall, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH www.nutrition.org.uk/bnfevents/events/new-frontiers-in-fibre