37 posters reporting original data have been presented during the symposium.
Abstracts have been published in a supplement of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition published in December 2000.




Schoolchildren's choices of breakfast foods with varying fat and fibre content in relation to their perceptions of those foods

C. Berg 1, I. Jonsson1, M. Conner 2, L. Lissner 3
1 Department of Home Economics, Göteborg University, Box 122 04, SE 402 42 Göteborg, Sweden, Christina.Berg@ped.gu.se, 2 School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK and 3 Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Medicine, Vasa Hospital, Göteborg University, Sweden.



Correlation between food preferences and actual dietary consumption in Czech university students

Z. Brázdová, H. Hrstková, A. Prokopová, P. Vogazianos
Dept. of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Masaryk University of Brno, Czech Republic



The socialisation of food: an ethological method to study the process offood diversification in children

B. Bril1, E. Hombessa-Nkounkou2, J.-F. Bouville3, C. Ocampo4
1Groupe de recherche "Apprentissage et Contexte" and Unité INSERM 483, Ecole des HautesEtudes en Sciences Sociales, 54 Bd Raspail, 75006 Paris, France, Blandine.Bril@ehess.fr; 2Abidjan, Associated to theResearch Group "Apprentissage et Contexte", 3PhD student, Université Paris XIII, 4Psychotherapist.
Project funded by the Danone Institute of France.



"Dining with diabetes" cooking schools

G. Brown, S. Bauer, S. Rye, C. Olson, West Virginia University Extension Service, USA
Correspondence: Dr. Guendoline Brown, Extension Professor and Specialist - Nutrition & Health, West Virginia University Extension Service, Room 605 Knapp Hall, PO Box 6031, Morgantown, WV 26506-6031, USA, gbrown2@wvu.edu



Feeding behavior and food self-selection during lactation

RPB Cambraia1 1 3, H Vannucchi 2, SS Almeida1, LM De-Oliveira1
1 Laboratório Nutrição & Comportamento - FFCLRP; 2 Clínica Médica - FMRP/Universidade de São Paulo/SP - 3 Faculdades Federais Integradas de Diamantina/MG - Brasil. Address to correspondence: Cambraia, RPB - Travessa Arthur Franca 65 - Centro - Diamantina/MG - 39100-000 Brasil - E-mail: beinner@fafeod.br



Eating disorders in overweight and obese women

H. Cena, A. Toselli, S. Tedeschi, E. Lanzola
Department of Applied Sciences- Section of Human Nutrition- Faculty of Medicine, University of Pavia, Via Bassi 21, 27100 Pavia, Italy, hcena@unipv.it

Project funded by the Danone Institute of Italy



Eating and body representations and practices in adolescence. Preliminary results

S. D'Amore
Faculty of Psychology University of Rome "La Sapienza", Via Luigi Pulci, 37 00162 Roma , Italy
E-mail: s.damore@libero.it



Maturation of hindbrain structures involved with the control of food intake

M. Dallaporta , J. Perrin, JC Orsini , F. Tell , JP. Kessler
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, CNRS UPR 9024, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France

Project funded by the Danone Institute of France



Food likes and other determinants of human eating behaviour: review and preliminary suggestions for health promotion

A. Eertmans, O. Van den Bergh
Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Project funded by the Danone Institute of Belgium



French Canadian mothers' strive to control their ten years old children's food choices : a double-edged sword

YP Filion, M. Marquis
Université de Montréal, Faculty of medecine, Department of nutrition, CP 6128, succursale centre-ville, Montréal (Québec), Canada H3C 3J7

Project funded by the Danone Institute of Canada



The eating practice of children in urban China

M. GuanshengS, H. Xiaoqi, M. Wenjun
Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, 29 Nan Wei Road, Beijing, China 100050

Project funded by the Danone Institute of China



Dietary behaviour in past population and its evolution over the life span. Methodological aspects of isotopic biogeochemistry (13C, 15N)

E. Herrscher¹, H. Bocherens² ¹UMR 6569, Laboratoire de Préhistoire du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, 1, rue René Panhard, 75013 Paris, France estelleh@mnhn.fr; ²UMR 7518, Laboratoire de Biogéochimie isotopique, Université Paris VI, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France

Project funded by the Danone Institute of France



Expression of UGT1A6 and 2A1 in the olfactory epithelium and bulb: glucuronidation of odorant molecules in rat.

J.-M. Heydel, S. Leclerc#, D. Gradinaru, M. Catarelli, H. Pelczar, J. Magdalou#, A. Minn#, H. Goudonnet,Y. Artur.
Unité de Biochimie-Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, BP 87900, 21079, Dijon cédex, France; #UMR 7561 CNRS-Université Henri Poincaré Nancy I, BP 184, 54505 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France.

Project funded by the Danone Institute of France


Comparable usefulness of the Food Frequency Questionnaire FFQ/CICM and a 7-day estimated record

M.-C. Iovanna, P. Berthezène, M. Rotily, Y. Berland.
Centre d'Investigation Clinique Sainte-Marguerite APHM-INSERM, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, 270 boulevard Sainte-Marguerite, 13274 Marseille Cedex 9, France.
Observatoire Régional de la Santé, INSERM U 315



Biological vs sociocultural parameters: what determines variation in taste responses in French children?

M.-O. Monneuse
CNRS EP 2017 Eco-anthropologie : Environnements, Individus, Sociétés, 4, avenue du petit château, 91800 Brunoy, France
email: monneuse@ccr.jussieu.fr



Neuropeptide synthesis and gene regulation in lean and obese rodents: the MCH gene model

Nahon et al. 1, Burlet et al. 2 and Duhault et al. 3
1 I.P.M.C., UPR411 CNRS, Valbonne, France; 2 U308 INSERM, Nancy, France*; 3 Institut de Recherche Servier, Suresnes, France.

Project funded by the Danone Institute of France



Food choices of very young children: the role of energy density and sensory properties of foods

S. Nicklaus1*, V. Boggio 2, S. Issanchou 1
1: Laboratoire de Recherches sur les Arômes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 17 rue Sully, BP 86510, F-21065 DIJON Cédex,France, nicklaus@arome.dijon.inra.fr;
2: Laboratoire de Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine de Dijon, France



Determinants of food behaviours in teenagers

F. Parent 1, S. Le Moing 2, Y. Coppieters 1, P. Lorenzo 2, L. Bergmans 1, A. Trugeon 2
1 Observatoire de la Santé du Hainaut, rue Saint-Antoine 1, B-7021 Havré, Belgium; 2 Observatoire Régional de Santé de Picardie, Faculté de médecine, 3 rue des Louvels, 80036 Amiens cedex 1, France


From genes to culture: the influence of PROP status on food preferences and food use in Tunisian.

P. Pasquet ¹ and B. Oberti ²
¹ CNRS UPR 2147, Paris, France; ² Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen, Montpellier, France



The effects of familiarity on taste preference for milk: an experiment on french and german populations

J.-P. Perrouty¹, F. d'Hauteville², B. Schaer³ ¹Doctorate Student, ENSA-M., Montpellier, France, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie, 2, Place Pierre Viala UMR Moisa, 34000 Montpellier, E-mail : perrouty@ensam.inra.fr; ²Professor, ENSA-M., Montpellier, France; ³Lecturer, TU-MUENCHEN, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany


Using hedonic facial scale for testing the acceptance of soy milk preparations by preschool children from 2 to 6 years-old

MEM Pinto e Silva, HDS Coelho, A. Veiga
Department of Nutrition from the Public Health School, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, mmachado@usp.br



The food selection on patients submitted to surgery for obesity

L. Quintanilha Simões
Santa Úrsula University, Rua Cosme Velho 639 / 301 - Bloco 1 - Cosme Velho - cep. 22240-090 - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Email: lucasim@ism.com.br



Nutritional intake of athletic and non-athletic adolescents: linkage with energy expenditure

J. Ribeyre 1, N. Fellmann 1, J. Vernet 2, J. Coudert 1, M. Vermorel 2
Human Nutrition Research Centre in Auvergne, France. ¹ Laboratoire de Physiologie et Biologie du Sport, Faculté de Médecine, Clermont-Ferrand.; ² Equipe Métabolismes Energétique et Lipidique, INRA, Theix, 63122 St Genès Champanelle, France

Project funded by the Danone Institute of France



The modification of hedonic and cognitive food perception as a function of familiarization

N. Rigal
Laboratoire "Déterminants culturels et sociaux des processus cognitifs et des conduites", EA 1588 - Université de Paris X-Nanterre, Département de psychologie - 200, avenue de la République - F. 92001 Nanterre, France.



Autonomic estimated basic emotions induced by primary tastes

O. Robin, S. Rousmans, A. Dittmar and E.Vernet-Maury
Microcapteurs microsystèmes biomédicaux, LPM, CNRS, INSA Lyon, bâtiment 401, 20 avenue Albert Einstein, 69 621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.

Project funded by the Danone Institute of France



Nutritional regulation of the pituitary growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor in the aging rat

K. Robinette1, A. Robert 1, G. Ferland 2 and P. Gaudreau 1
1 Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology of aging, Notre-Dame Hospital and departments of Medicine and 2 Nutrition, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.



Dietary habits of urban and rural children in Poland

E. Rychlik, L. Szponar
National Food and Nutrition Institute, 61/63 Powsinska St., 02-903 Warsaw, Poland. Email: E.Rychlik@interia.pl



Genetic sensitivity to PROP and its relationship with energy intake and short term satiety

J. Savage and HIM Davidson
Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh EH12 8TS, UK



Ambivalence and food choice

R. Shepherd ¹ , P. Sparks ², M. Conner ³
¹ Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK; ² University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; ³ University of Leeds, Leeds, UK



Infra-regional variations of dietary consumptions in Southern France

S. Siari1, A. Richard1, M. Padilla2, M. Gerber1 (1)Groupe d'Epidémiologie Métabolique, INSERM-CRLC, 34298 Montpellier cedex 5, France; siaris@usa.net; (2)CIHEAM-IAM, 3191 Route de Mende -BP 5056, 34033 Montpellier cedex 1, France.


Mass catering for children and adolescents in urban and rural schools in Poland

L. Szponar, E. Rychlik
National Food and Nutrition Institute, 61/63 Powsinska St., 02-903 Warsaw, Poland, E-mail: E.Rychlik@interia.pl



Decreased serotonin transporter density in obese women with binge eating disorder

L.I. Tammela, J.T. Kuikka, L. Karhunen , A. Rissanen , K.A. Bergström, E. Vanninen, J. Karhu, R. Lappalainen, E. Repo, H. Naukkarinen, J. Tiihonen , M. Uusitupa
Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.



Understanding the loss or the maintenance of the Mediterranean diet: a comparative study of the determinants of food habits and preferences between Sardinia and Malta

S. Tessier 1 and M.Gerber 1
1 Groupe d'Epidémiologie Métabolique, INSERM-CRLC, Montpellier, France.
Correspendence to: S.Tessier, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie, Groupe d'Epidémiologie Métabolique, INSERM-CRLC, 34298 Montpellier Cedex ,. France; e-mail: s.tessier@valdorel.fnclcc.fr



Neuropeptide Y polymorphism and eating behaviour in Finnish obese subjects

M.I.J. Uusitupa, L. Tammela, L. Karhunen, R. Valve, M. Kolehmainen, M. K. Karvonen, U. Pesonen , M. Koulu.
Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio and Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Finland. Correspondence: Matti Uusitupa, Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.



Do eating behaviour patterns influence macronutrient intake in obese women?

G. Vansant and E. Muls
Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Catholic University Leuven, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.



Evolution of macronutrient selection over the life span: the lou rat as a model of successful aging

C. Veyrat-Durebex 1, P. Gaudreau1 and J. Alliot 2
1 Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology of aging, Notre-Dame Hospital and department of medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada ; 2 Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie du vieillissement, Université Blaise Pascal, Aubière, France.



Effect of different foods on sensory-specific satiety in young adults

M. Zielke, G. Galinski, J. Gawecki, A. Kostrzewa-Tarnowska
Department of Human Nutrition and Hygiene, Agricultural University of Poznan, ul. Wojska Polskiego 32, 60-624 Poznan, Poland.