UPCOMING EVENTS:
Various disciplines working in nutrition are confronted with behavioural aspects related to lifestyles and dietary patterns. Although various technical solutions are available, human behaviour often shows to be bottleneck to produce an effective and sustained response for better diet and lifestyle. The third BNS congress will explore innovative ways to improve or measure behaviour, in order to draw lessons for better nutrition and health. During the various sessions, human behaviour will be tackled from various angles, including psychological drivers, sociological models, consumer perspective and physical activity.
Programme outline:
Session 1: The psychology of eating behaviour: a reward-based approach - Keynote: Prof. A. Jansen (Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands): “The psychology of eating behaviour”
Session 2: Public acceptance of government interventions for dietary behaviour - Keynote: Prof. W. Verbeke (UGent): “Public acceptance of government interventions for dietary behaviour, results from the Eatwell project”
Session 3: Tools to measure consumer perception and behaviour - Keynote: Prof A. Oenema (Maastricht University): "Physical activity" (exact title to be determined)
Session 4: Changing physical activity behaviour - Keynote: Prof. M. Mormont (ULg - Campus Arlon) "Tools to measure consumer perception and behaviour"
The programme can be found here
Abstract Submission:
Deadline: 15 February 2012
The abstracts can fit one of the session but general contributions on other aspects related to nutrition are welcomed as well. Please indicate if you are applying for oral or poster presentation. As last year, the BNS congress will provide a forum for on-going research and we particularly encourage PhD students to submit their work.
Instructions for abstracts can be found here.
Practical information:
The third annual BNS Congress will take place in the Royal Library of Belgium (http://www.kbr.be/) Brussels, April 20, 2012.
The congress is free for BNS members (35€ for full members and 15€ for student members). We are revising the way you can apply for -or renew your- BNS membership and will send you an update for this early 2012.
Registration:
All participants must register for the Congress. To do so, follow this link: http://belgiannutritionsociety2012.fikket.com
PAST EVENTS:
Final programme in Dutch, French or English
Microorganisms in human nutrition: exploring new pathways for health download programme