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Adding value to nutrition research
Belgian Nutrition Society
Fifth annual meeting, April 3 , 2015
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This year’s congress will focus on strategies to add value to nutrition research. Recent
research shows 1 how an unacceptable amount of efforts devoted to medical research
produces too little benefit, in terms of more effective policies, practices, increased
knowledge or commercial returns. Research funders, academics, journal editors and
decision makers that use findings of research need to think critically what can be done to
reduce waste and to increase return of funded research. The meeting will raise awareness
in the Belgian nutrition research community and spark discussions on what can be done
increase effectiveness and quality of the nutrition research in Belgium.
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Recommended reading:
Chalmers I et al. Research: increasing value, reducing waste 1: How to increase value and reduce waste when research
priorities are set Lancet 2014; 383:156–65,
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Ioannidis J (2005) Why Most Published Research Findings Are False 2:8 e124
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Programme
Welcome Session
8.30 – 9.10: Registration and welcome coffee
9.10 – 9.20: Introduction by BNS - N. Delzenne (UCL- President BNS)
9.20 – 9.30: Presentation of the scientific program – C. Lachat (UGent– Chair of the
Organizing Committee)
Session 1: Chair Prof. Patrick Kolsteren
9:30-9:50 Keynote 1: No Escape from Wasteland? Increasing value in nutrition
research
Prof. Wim Pinxten UHasselt, Belgium This presentation will look into the findings from the Lancet series ‘increasing value, reducing
waste’ (2014) from an ethical perspective.
Selected oral presentations
10:00-10:15 The butyrate metabolism is not affected by colonic bacterial metabolites in
ulcerative colitis
Deroover Lise (KULeuven)
10:15-10:30 Strain-specific fermentation of inulin-type fructans by bifidobacteria does
not correlate with colon region
Marija Selak (VUB)
Session 2: Chair Prof. John Van Camp
10:30 – 10:50 Keynote 2: Nutrition research for sports sciences
Prof. Peter Hespel, KULeuven, Belgium
In a challenging environment as sport at the highest levels (Olympics, world championship),
athletes are constantly seeking for opportunities to optimize their performance. Legal
supplements are often used, however the evidence of these supplements is sometimes
lacking. Prof Hespel will elaborate on study design and the number of studies needed before
‘food supplements hypes’ (e.g. beetroot juice) can be translated and/or incorporated in
recommendations for athletes. Prof. Hespel leads the Exercise Physiology Research Group
at KULeuven and the Bakala Topsport Academy.
Selected oral presentations
11:00-11:15 Recent updates on the flavonoid paradox: are conventional methods still
valid?
Gerard Bryan Gonzales (UGent)
11:15-11:30 Incorporation of colonic derived propionate in glucose: an in vivo stable
isotope study in humans
Eef Boets (KULeuven)
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11:30-13:00 Lunch and Poster presentations
Session 3: Prof. Kristin Verbeke
13:00-13:30 Keynote 3: Making better use of existing data in nutrition: the
ENPADASI project
Dr. Jildau Bouwman, TNO, The Netherlands
ENPADASI “European Nutrition Phenotype Assessment and Data Sharing Initiative” will
establish an open access research infrastructure that will integrate existing databases from a
wide variety of nutritional studies (genotype, phenotype, and epidemiology) in Europe. The
presentation will introduce the project and scope for future research. In addition, it will open
a discussion on how to organize the data infrastructure of nutrition data, involvement of
research groups and training activities for the data infrastructure in Belgium. Dr. Bouwman
coordinates ENPADASI.
Selected oral presentations
14:00-14:15 Evaluation of the dietary pattern of European obese pregnant women
Goele Jans (KULeuven)
14:15-14:30 Diet quality in European preschoolers: evaluation based on the Diet Quality
Indices and association with overweight
An-Sofie Pinket (UGent)
14:00-14:45 Coffee break
Session 4: Chair Prof. Stefaan De Henauw
14:45-15:15 Keynote 4: Crafting effective policies from nutrition research
Dr. Dominique Roberfroid, Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE), Belgium
The presentation will outline the KCE and Health Technology Assessment approach to guide
the development of effective policies from research findings in Belgium. The presentation will
elaborate on how to capitalize better on current nutrition research efforts and capacity for
the formulation and evaluation of nutrition policies in Belgium. Dr. Roberfroid is a senior
scientific staff at KCE with a long-standing expertise in nutrition research.
Selected oral presentations
15:15-15:30 Bifidogenic and butyrogenic effects of prebiotic arabinoxylanoligosaccharides: a kinetic and molecular approach
Audrey Rivière (VUB)
15:30-15:45 Bioactivity of malvidin 3,5-diglucoside on endothelial cells as evidence of
the antioxidant potential of V. labrusca L. grape juices
Isabela Maia Toaldo (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, UGent)
Closing session
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15.45 – 16.00: Presentation of the BNS prizes for best communication (oral and poster) (Nathalie Delzenne UCL- President BNS)
16.00 – 16.15: Conclusions of the symposium – Patrick Kolsteren (Institute of Tropical
Medicine Belgium – Chair of the Organizing Committee)
Updates and announcements will feature on our website
www.belgiannutritionsociety.be
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Venue: Royal library of Belgium (near the central station in Brussels)
Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - Royal Sky Room / Keizerslaan 2, 1000 Brussel
Plan: http://www.kbr.be/images/informations/divers/plan_nl_gd.jpg
Bibliothèque royale de Belgique - Royal Sky Room / boulevard de l'Empereur 2, 1000 Bruxelles
Plan: http://www.kbr.be/images/informations/divers/plan_fr_gr.jpg
How to get there: Detailed information: http://www.kbr.be/informations/informations_nl.html
Catering: Food and drinks will be provided for free for participants during the breaks.
Language: English. No translations are provided.
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Registration
All participants need to register electronically. The congress is free for BNS members. There will
be an opportunity to register as BNS member on-site (please consult membership procedures and
application form on our website (www.belgiannutritionsociety.be/ go2/Membership/) for more info.
Membership fees are 35€ and 15 € for students and PhD students.
Speakers and posters
The programme of the symposium consists of different sessions. Each session has a keynote
speaker who will give a “state of the art” lecture. Each keynote lecture of all sessions is followed by
‘local’ speakers. For this part of each session, young Belgian scientists will be selected on the basis
of the submitted abstracts to orally present their research work. These parts of the sessions aims to
provide postgraduate students, PhD students or scientists at all stages of their research, the
opportunity to present their work (via oral or ‘live’ poster presentations), independently of the topic of
the symposium.
Organising Committee
Chairs: Carl Lachat (UGent) and Patrick Kolsteren (UGent/ITM)
Christophe Matthys (KULeuven)
Johan Van Camp (UGent)
Kristin Verbeke (KULeuven)
Nathalie Delzenne (UCLouvain)
Stefaan De Henauw (UGent)
BNS is structurally supported by Fevia and FOD Health, food chain safety and environment and embedded in
the National Food and Health Plan.
Bronze sponsor
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