Aging presents new challenges for us all. Declining immune function, increased susceptibility to infections, and loss of muscle mass are common problems that have the potential to be addressed through diet and supplementation. In this presentation, Mark...
In 2018, people aged 65 years or over worldwide, outnumbered children under age five for the first time in history. By 2050, an estimated of 1.5 billion people will be aged 65 or older. The healthy ageing industry is expected to become highly competitive...
Now, with the global population getting older and an increasing number of over 50s in every country, the concept of healthy ageing has never been so important.
In this panel discussion, we’ll explore how to develop products and target them...
The rapid growth of mobile health technologies, apps and wearable devices in recent year provides the clearest evidence of changing times and accelerated innovation in the mHealth space. This session will explore how these new technologies are impacting...
In highly competitive industries, differentiation is key. The alimentary and nutraceutical sector has faced multiple challenges within the last few years, particularly, in terms of the regulation around the marketing of functional foods and their associated...
Clinical trials are an insurance policy for claims purposes. Designing good randomized clinical trials that can prove efficacy for dietary supplements is challenging. For clinicians to be convinced of the value of Dietary Supplements, they need the proof...
In their presentation, Steen and Ratna reveal key findings from studies that investigate the impact and benefits of HMOs, with a focus on 2’-fucosyllactose (2’-FL), the most abundant HMO found in human milk; they will also discuss the commercial potential...
This panel discussion will bring together experts in public health nutrition to discuss the strategies that best support families and early-life nutrition, garnering new insights that can help businesses achieve success in the maternal and infant market.
Nutrition during perinatal life can influence development, and may result in long-lasting adaptations of immune, metabolic and brain functions in later life, a phenomenon known as nutritional programming. The presentation will illustrate this concept...
Today, it is recognized that the first 1 000 days of early life are decisive for the development of children and their future health and, it appears, that protein intake plays and important role. Protein, nitrogen and amino acid requirements change rapidly...
This session will look at how new scientific discoveries and emerging areas of research are impacting the innovation and NPD process. From the growing commercial and academic interest in the microbiome, to the growing focus on human milk oligosaccharides...
The market for active and sports nutrition products is growing at a rapid rate and leading to a more diverse consumer base for the category.
Today there is no typical sports nutrition consumer. Older consumers and groups such as weekend-warriors...
While other vitamins and nutrients have hit the headlines for their positive effect on health in recent years, it seems that the importance of vitamin K2 as a modulator or controller of many other processes has been too often overlooked.
The sports nutrition market is growing rapidly as consumers look to ‘get healthy on the go’, and maximise the benefits of their active lifestyles. Indeed, according to Mintel data, one in four people in the UK have consumed a sports nutrition product,...
Today sports nutrition is going mainstream – with personalised nutrition for an active lifestyle. The trend is now driving tailored products – and green, vegan, natural and non-GMO claims, linked to the ever-popular protein. Plant protein is full of promise...
The sports nutrition category remains one of the fastest growing areas of the whole nutrition industry. But the market is also rife negative publicity because of certain products on the market which do not comply with food labelling and/ or safety rules,...
This session identifies some of the most important emerging risk factors for ageing and looks at nutritional solutions to mitigate these risks.We address the complexities of the ageing process and how lifestyle and nutrition can influence these over the...
