Appendix B
Workshop Agenda
September 21–22, 2017
Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
Rome, Italy
Workshop Objectives
- Describe potential frameworks to enable global harmonization of methodologies to establish nutrient intake recommendations.
- Explore approaches for evaluating the evidence to facilitate global harmonization of methodologies to establish nutrient intake recommendations.
- Examine the potential for addressing contextual factors from different population subgroups, regions, and countries that may or may not be conducive to harmonization.
- Consider approaches to facilitate global sharing of resources to maintain quality and support cost-effectiveness to develop methodologies for nutrient intake recommendations.
- Identify the advantages, barriers, and challenges to global harmonization of methodologies to establish nutrient intake recommendations.
Day 1
8:30 am | Registration |
INTRODUCTION AND OPENING REMARKS | |
9:00 | Welcome Kostas Stamoulis, Food and Agriculture Organization Assistant Director-General, Economic and Social Development Department Stephanie Atkinson, McMaster University, Planning Committee Chair |
9:15 | Defining the Problem: Partner Panel Chizuru Nishida, Coordinator, Nutrition Policy and Scientific Advice, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization Anna Lartey, Director of Nutrition, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization |
9:30 | Background for the Workshop Moderated by: Stephanie Atkinson, McMaster University, Planning Committee Chair |
Harmonizing the Nutrient Intake Values: Phase 1 Janet King, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute |
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Applications and Uses of Nutrient Intake Recommendations Suzanne Murphy, Emerita, University of Hawaii |
SESSION 1: HARMONIZATION FRAMEWORKS
Moderated by: Peter Clifton, University of South Australia
10:00 | Terminology and Models Peter Clifton, University of South Australia |
10:20 | Endpoints—Deficiency Versus Chronic Disease Amanda MacFarlane, Health Canada |
10:40 | Guiding Principles for Developing Dietary Reference Intakes Based on Chronic Disease Janet King, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute |
10:50 | Discussion with Session Speakers |
11:10 | Break |
11:30 | Panel Discussion: Current Models for Establishing Intake Recommendations Canada: Hasan Hutchinson, Health Canada, Panel Chair and Moderator United Kingdom: Ann Prentice, University of Cambridge Australia and New Zealand: Peter Clifton, University of South Australia South Korea: Hee Young Paik, Seoul National University India: Thingnganing Longvah, National Institute of Nutrition |
SESSION 2: APPROACHES TO EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE
Moderated by: Ann Prentice, University of Cambridge
12:10 pm | Tools for Evaluating Strength and Quality of Evidence George Wells, Ottawa Heart Institute |
12:30 | Global Systematic Reviews: How Can It Be Done? Joseph Lau, Brown University |
12:50 | Risk–Benefit Analysis Hans Verhagen, European Food Safety Authority |
1:10 | Discussion with Session Speakers |
1:35 | Break for Lunch |
SESSION 3: CONTEXTUAL FACTORS: HOST, DIET/ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH STATUS
Moderated by: Suzanne Murphy, Emerita, University of Hawaii, and John Muyonga, Makerere University
2:25 | The Role of Host: Genetic Variation Patrick Stover, Cornell University |
2:45 | The Role of Host: Physiology Anura Kurpad, St. John’s Medical College |
3:05 | The Role of Health Status Seth Adu-Afarwuah, University of Ghana Caryl Nowson, Deakin University |
3:45 | The Role of Diet and Environment: Bioavailability, Processing, Environmental Exposure, and Nutrient Interactions Rosalind Gibson, University of Otago Umi Fahmida, University of Indonesia |
4:20 | Panel Discussion with Session Speakers |
4:50 | Closing Remarks Stephanie Atkinson, McMaster University, Planning Committee Chair |
5:00 | Adjourn for the Day |
Day 2
SESSION 4: APPLICATIONS, FACILITATING QUALITY, AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS
Moderated by: Lindsay Allen, University of California, Davis
8:30 am | Setting the Stage for Participant Discussion Catherine Leclercq, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization |
8:45 |
Breakout Group Topics for Participant Discussion:
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10:00 | Rapporteurs Report on Breakout Discussion |
10:30 | Break |
11:00 | Synthesis of Breakout Discussion Lindsay Allen, University of California, Davis |
SESSION 5: ADVANTAGES, BARRIERS, AND CHALLENGES TO GLOBAL HARMONIZATION OF METHODOLOGIES FOR NUTRIENT INTAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
Moderated by: Susan Fairweather-Tait, University of East Anglia, and Amanda MacFarlane, Health Canada
11:30 | Panel Discussion—Experiences from Countries That Have Collaborated Southeast Asia: Emorn Udomkesmalee, Mahidol University European Micronutrient Recommendations Aligned: Christophe Matthys, University of Leuven European Food Safety Authority: Hildegard Przyrembel, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment Africa: James Ntambi, University of Wisconsin–Madison Norway: Helle Margrete Meltzer, Norwegian Institute of Public Health |
Topics for Discussion:
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1:00 pm | Chair’s Summary and Discussion of Next Steps Stephanie Atkinson, McMaster University, Planning Committee Chair |
1:30 | Adjourn Meeting |
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