ASN Hosts Award-winning Lectures

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Mar 23, 2015, 01:00 ET

BOSTON, March 23, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Society for Nutrition will host several award lectures during its 2015 Scientific Sessions & Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology, March 28-April 1 in Boston. These distinguished lectures feature renowned nutrition scientists offering insight from their careers into the specific disciplines they inhabit.

Media Registration
Credentialed media, science writers and bloggers are invited to cover all or part of the conference with free registration. An onsite newsroom will be available for media. Detailed instructions for individuals who wish to request press passes are available on the website. For those who cannot attend, email ASN to arrange interviews with the speakers before or after the event.

G. A. Leveille Lecture
My History in the Involvement of Food Science and Nutrition
Featuring Theodore P. Labuza, PhD
University of Minnesota
Co-Administered by ASN and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
Monday, March 30, 1:45 pm
Awarded in recognition of outstanding research conducted at the intersection of nutrition science and food technology. Labuza has received many teaching awards including the University of Minnesota's Postdoctoral Association's Outstanding Mentor Award. An active member of IFT, he has a long record of bridging technology with science, an ability for which lecture namesake Dr. Leveille remains widely known.

Kellogg International Prize in Nutrition Lecture
Beliefs, Knowledge and Environment: Using Anthropology to Inform Nutrition Action
Featuring Gretel H. Pelto, PhD
Cornell University
Supported by Kellogg Company
Monday, March 30, 6:30 p.m.
Awarded to a member of ASN's Global Nutrition Council actively engaged in research to benefit populations in non-industrialized countries. Pelto has successfully carved a place at the junction of nutrition and anthropology, receiving the Malinowski award from the Society for Applied Anthropology for solving human problems using the concepts of social science. She will address this very topic in her lecture.

W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecture
Food Is Not a Talisman: Reflections on the Science and Practice of Nutrition
Featuring Joanne L. Slavin, PhD, RD
University of Minnesota
Supported and Managed by Beltsville Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Tuesday, March 31, 12:45 p.m.
Awarded to recognize unique contributions toward improving the diet and nutrition of people around the world. Atwater is considered the father of modern nutrition research and education, and U.S. Department of Agriculture's first chief of nutrition investigations. Slavin grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin and has published more than 250 scientific articles on dietary fiber, carbohydrates, whole grains and protein. Her lecture will address how nutritional guidance must be based on strong science or we mislead the public with hollow promises of the magical properties of foods.

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ASN is the authoritative voice on nutrition and publisher of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, The Journal of Nutrition, and Advances in Nutrition. Established in 1928, ASN's more than 5,100 members in more than 80 countries work in academia, practice, government, and industry. ASN advances excellence in nutrition research and practice through its publications, education, public affairs and membership programs. Visit us at www.nutrition.org.

Contact: Suzanne Price
(301) 634-7235
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SOURCE American Society for Nutrition