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Nutracon is pleased to announce a series of webinars throughout 2010 in addition to the in-person Anaheim event in March. Webinars will offer continued education in follow up to the 2009 tracks, plus relevant content on hot issues and challenges currently facing the health and nutrition industry.

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Webinar Featured Topics:

Stemming the Tide

Focus on: Weight Management & Obesity

Archive available

Can we really stem the tide? The weight management industry has gone through a yo-yo diet of claims, products and themes over the years. And as the New Year draws near, Americans are considering yet another diet to pledge their allegiance while companies are investigating a new paradigm for weight-loss ingredients and claims. Experts predict that for 2010, the mantra lose 30 pounds in 30 days is out, behavior management and healthy body composition is in.

Functional Ingredients magazine predicts that for 2010, companies will shape the weight management industry by focusing on muscle retention and fat loss rather than just the numbers on the bath room scale. Developers dream big as the playing field in this category widens beyond vanity to a potential health care solution — food, beverage, supplements — who can lead. The other emerging trends are satiety, stamina and making calories count — think scientifically valid ingredients, think fiber and think protein.

This Nutracon webinar promises to inspire as experts discuss the latest trends in weight management and the future of the category. Our team of experts will also look at the challenges within this category such as recent adverse events from products such as Hydroxycut, FTC enforcement on misleading weight loss claims and ingredients that show promise for the coming year.

Attend to Learn:

• Trends in Weight Management
• Industry Challenges
• Scientifically Valid Ingredients
• New paradigm for weight-loss claims
• Food, beverage and supplement applications
• Design your new launches to fit behavior management

Experts include:

• Jay Udani, MD, track chair at Nutracon 2010 and medical director of the Integrative Medicine Program at Northridge Hospital and assistant clinical professor at the UCLA/Geffen School of Medicine
• Tom Aarts, trends expert and principal of Nutrition Capital Network and co-founder of Nutrition Business Journal
• Dr. John P. Foreyt who has published extensively in the areas of diet modification, cardiovascular risk reduction, eating disorders, and obesity

Additional Benefits & Takeaways:

• Downloadable presentation slides, event takeaways, and access to the event archive for 1 year
• Access to the Market Overview, November 2009 issue of Functional Ingredients magazine
• Access to 2009 Nutracon Conference Presentations
• A forum to ask questions and debate with industry colleagues
• A discount code to attend the in-person Nutracon Conference, delivered after the event

Archive available.

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology: Is nano a no-no?
Nanotechnology, depending on who is speaking about it, is either a billion-dollar opportunity for the industry, or a scourge on mankind. What are the real facts? What do we really know about nano's health risks? Is this an ethical issue or simply a new way to make profits? How soon are we likely to see consumer products wrapped in, infused with, or hyped by nanotechnology?

Kantha Shelke, PhD and principle at Corvus Blue, a nutritional technology company working with today’s leading companies, joins this session as featured speaker and nanotechnology expert. Shelke will lead this engaging and informative webinar examining practical uses for this emerging science. Case studies will be examined, from her work in the field, to look at pros, cons and unknowns about nanotechnology.

If your company is working or considering applications of nanotechnology you won’t want to miss this webinar. Learn the latest information on this emerging technology along with potential impacts on both the health and nutrition industry as well as the human body. 

The webinar will engage participants into a lively and scientific discussion and debate about the risks and will examine policy, legislation, regulation and emerging food technology.

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May 2010

Future of Wellness

October 2010

Digestive Health

December 2010

Check back soon for webinar content.

Archived Webinars:

Healthy Aging

Archive Available – Click Here
Access the presentation to learn:

• The Reality of Anti-Aging Claims
• The Facts on Beauty from Within. Is it a Trend or Here to Stay?
• A Lesson in Legitimate Endpoints for Clinical Research
• Expertise from Respected Industry Members & Scientists
• The Truth Behind Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
• R&D Opportunities in the Growing Healthy Aging Market
• Emerging Ingredients to Watch

Speakers include James Joseph, lead scientist on aging at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University,  Patrick Rea (NBJ) on trends and market direction, along with moderator Loren Israelsen (UNPA), who is also the Healthy Aging track chair at Nutracon 2010.
If you are a scientist, marketing or R&D professional, view this webinar to gain knowledge, strategy and map out your next anti-aging product's successful launch. Archive available for purchase.

SuperFruits

SuperFruits? Or Just Superb Fruits?
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The Nutracon SuperFruits Webinar will take a close look at superfruits' challenges and the drivers of success. Ian Crown, superfruits' pioneer and farmer will share his stories about what is so super about superfruits. Also, James Joseph, PhD, Lead Scientist, Lab Chief, Laboratory of Neuroscience USDA-ARS Human Nutrition Research Center will discuss how health and wealth collide when over hyped antioxidant claims eclipse credible science—a term described in the May issue of Functional Ingredients as the ORAC Wars. And finally, Steve Baugh, an analytical services expert, will dig deep into ORAC to help developers understand how it can be manipulated and suggest other analytical tools and techniques to be evaluated.
If you're in R&D, product development, or marketing you won't want to miss this educational opportunity, available right at your own desk.
Archive available for purchase, click here - all attendees who register at the full price will receive access to the available 2009 speaker presentations as an added bonus.