SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

The aim of this programme was to provide an overview on issues related to food choice, in particular in human.  
 
Communications consisted of conferences given by renowned invited speakers as well as posters. 
 
Conferences will be published in a monograph by end 2001. 
 


FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1st
   
MORNING SESSION  Chairmen : Pr. S. YEHUDA,  
                        Dr. H. ANDERSON 
09 : 00 – 09 : 15 Welcome Speech 
Pr. Daniel RIGAUD, President of the Danone Institute of France 
09 : 15  – 09 : 50 Human food choice : biological, psychological and cultural perspectives. 
Pr. Paul ROZIN, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA 
09 : 50 – 10 : 25 Taste, Genetics and food choices. 
Pr. Adam DREWNOWSKI, University of Washington, Seattle, USA 
10 : 25 – 10 : 55 Coffee break
10 : 55 – 11 : 30 Are food choices in humans determined by physiological processes ? 
Dr. Harvey WEINGARTEN, Mc Master University, Hamilton, Canada 
11 : 30 – 12 : 05 Appetite and nutritional preference controlled by the brain. 
Dr. Kunio TORII, Tokyo, Japan
12 : 05 – 12 : 30 General discussion
12 : 30 – 14 : 00 Lunch
   
   
AFTERNOON SESSION   Chairmen : Pr. O. VAN DEN BERGH,  
                       Dr. Z. BRAZDOVA 
14 : 00 – 14 : 35 Acquisition of food preferences and eating patterns in children. 
Pr Leann BIRCH, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia , USA 
14 : 35 – 15 : 10 Food selection through life span: discrete changes or continuous processes ? 
Pr. Matty CHIVA, Nanterre, France
15 : 10 – 15 : 45 Impact of information and psychosocial factors on nutrition behaviour change. 
Dr. Donna WOOLCOTT, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada 
15 : 45 – 16 : 45 Poster session 
Chairman : Pr. Ermanno LANZOLA 
16 : 45 – 17 : 15 Tea Break
17 : 15 – 17 : 50 Barriers to changing food selection. 
Dr. Rena MENDELSON, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada 
17 : 50 – 18 : 15 General Discussion

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2nd
   
MORNING SESSION  Chairmen : Dr. L. SZPONAR,  
                       Pr. P. ROZIN  
09 : 00 – 09 : 35 Perception of foodborne risk and food choices. 
Dr. Claude FISCHLER, EHESS, Paris, France 
09 : 35 – 10 : 10 Culture, social structure and food : the impact of immigration and travel on American food habits. 
Pr. Harvey LEVENSTEIN, Hamilton, ON, Canada 
10 : 10 – 10 : 40 Coffee break
10 : 40 – 11 : 15 Hormones, age, genes and pathology : how do we assess variation in sensation and preference ? 
Pr. Linda BARTOSHUK, Yale University, New Haven, USA 
11 : 15 – 11 : 50 Phenotypes of food selection 
Pr. John BLUNDELL, University of Leeds, Leeds, England
11 : 50 – 12 : 20 General discussion
12 : 20 – 12 : 30 Conclusion 
Pr. Daniel RIGAUD, President of the Danone Institute of France
12 : 30 Cocktail

POSTER SESSIONS

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