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1: Biological Background of Nutrition
a)
Synopsis
b)
The biohistory of nutrition in humans
Dr Stephen Boyden, Nature & Society Forum, ACT
c) Bush tucker—bush medicine
Mr Allan Fox, Allan Fox and Associates, NSW
d)
Nutrition of Indigenous peoples—past and
present
Prof Neil Thomson, Edith Cowan University, WA (incorporating
the views of Maurie Ryan Japarta)
e)
GMOs—guiding meaningful options
Ms Paula Fitzgerald, Agrifood Awareness Australia, ACT
f)
Unnatural devices
Mr Bob Phelps, Australian Conservation Foundation, Vic
g)
GM foods—ethical and public health aspects
Prof Stephen Leeder, Faculty of Medicine, Sydney
University, NSW
2: Nutrition, Health and Disease
a)
Synopsis
b)
No free lunch—the global distribution of
food and micronutrient entitlement
Dr Colin Butler, National Centre for Epidemiology and
Population Health, ANU, ACT
c)
Lessons from the global elimination of
iodine deficiency as a cause of brain damage
Dr Basil Hetzel, International Council for Control of
Iodine Deficiency Disorders, SA
d)
Obesity and diabetes
Ass/Prof Dennis Wilson, Dept of Endocrinology,
Canberra Hospital, ACT
e)Food sustainability and health through food variety
Prof Mark Wahlqvist, International Union of
Nutritional Sciences, Vic
f)
Dietary guidelines for older
Australians—in practice
Ms Louise Bartlett, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW
g)
People as omnivores—costs and benefits
Dr Rob Loblay, Dept of Immunology, Royal Prince
Alfred Hospital, NSW
h)
Are we complacent about food safety?
Ms Vicki Deakin, Gadi Research Centre, University of
Canberra, ACT
3: Food and Animals
a)
Synopsis
b)
Food from animals—ecological and health
implications
Mrs Helen Scott-Orr, NSW Agriculture, Orange, NSW
c)
Communicable diseases in livestock
Prof Frank Fenner, John Curtin School of Medical
Research, ANU, ACT
d)The use of antibiotics in food production animals:
does this cause human health problems?
Dr Peter Collignon, Dept of Infectious Diseases,
Canberra Hospital, ACT
e)
Ethics and animal husbandry
Dr Hugh Wirth, RSPCA Australia, Vic
f)
Crops and pest control
Dr James Ridsdill-Smith, CSIRO Entomology, WA
4: Choices in
Food Consumption
a)
Synopsis
b)
Mother’s milk, money and markets
Ms Julie Smith, The Australia Institute, ACT
c)
Who's driving the food supply?
Dr Rosemary Stanton, Nutritionist, Bowral, NSW
d)
Safety and labelling of GM foods
Dr Michael Dack, Australia and New Zealand Food
Authority, ACT
e)
Do current recommendations on healthy
eating need a rethink?
Dr Michael Djordjevic, Research School of Biological
Sciences, ANU, ACT
f)
Food marketing in the 21st Century: building
the consumer–marketer connection
Dr Mike Reid, Monash University, Vic
g)
Changing patterns of eating
Dr Karen Cashel, Gadi Research Centre, University of
Canberra, ACT
h)
The food/exercise balance
Dr Louise Burke, Sports Science, Australian Institute
of Sport, ACT
5: Food,
Population and Resources
a)
Synopsis
b)
Climate, environmental change and
agricultural practices—impacts on food production and population health
Prof Tony McMichael, National Centre for Epidemiology
and Population Health, ANU, ACT
c)
Population, consumption and environmental
degradation
Dr Doug Cocks, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, ACT
d)
Food production and fossil fuels
Mr Brian Fleay, engineer (ret’d), researcher and
author on petroleum and energy, Perth, WA
e)
Ecosystem services: the many ways in which
biodiversity sustains and fulfills human life
Dr Steve Cork, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, ACT
f)
Nature, society and a sustainable future?
Dr Ken Johnson, Dept of Geography, ANU, ACT
6:
Sustainable Food Production
a)
Synopsis
b)
Towards sustainable land management
Dr John Williams, CSIRO Land & Water, ACT
c)
Organic farming
Mr Tim Marshall, International Federation of Organic
Agriculture Movements, SA
d)
Permaculture—designing for local food
production
Mr David Johnson, permaculture consultant, Penrose,
NSW
e)
Sustainable water management
Mr David Eastburn
f)
The sustainable management of fisheries
Mr Will Zacharin, Primary Industries and Resources
(Fisheries), SA
g)
The landcare-waste management nexus:
poverty and pestilence – packaging and profit
Mr Gerry Gillespie, South East Waste Board, ACT
h)
Can organic farming feed the world?
Donella Meadows (deceased)
i)
The production and consumption of food -
an Earth Charter perspective
Dr Brendan Mackey, Dept of Geography, ANU, ACT
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