National experts met at the Institute of Food Technologists’ annual meeting to discuss new, evidenced-based approaches to tackle childhood obesity.
Ajinomoto Co. Inc. sponsored the symposium titled: “Preventing Childhood Obesity: What the Food Industry Can Do.” The panel organizer and chair was Dr. Adam Drewnowski, the director of the Nutritional Sciences Program at the University of Washington in Seattle, and professor of epidemiology with an adjunct appointment in medicine.