FrieslandCampina WAMCO, makers of Peak and Three Crowns milk awarded cash prizes to eight young Nigerian nutritionists for their excellent scientific research presentations at the just concluded 47th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria.
The awardees are all MSc & PhD students below age 35. They are Ifeoma Ezeh, Yetunde Ogundairo, Chukwuka Oluebube and Joy Amadi. Others are Michael Oderinde, Ebunoluwa Odeyinde, Chinenye Ekwueme and John Ebenezer.
Tagged “Controversies in Nutrition: Separating Facts from Fads and Fallacies” the five-day conference was held at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, and it had over 600 participants.
FrieslandCampina WAMCO also championed fitness routines for the delegates. The company organised 15-minute twice-daily Three Crowns milk-sponsored aerobic sessions that drew attention to the need for everyone to stay fit and healthy with the right nutrition and daily exercises. Participants enjoyed a 30-minute cardio session on the last day of the conference.
President of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Dr. Bartholomew Brai, also called attention to worsening nutrition indices in Nigeria. He said, “The increased social media influence on food choices of Nigerians, which are mere fads and fallacies are affecting the health of our populace negatively.”
Keynote speaker at the conference, Professor I. A. Onimawo highlighted key controversies in nutrition that affect infant and young child feeding, food consumption, diet-related non-communicable diseases and healthy diets.
In a communiqué issued after the conference held September 19-23, the Nutrition Society of Nigeria called on government to ensure nutrition security in the country through budgetary allocations and institutionalizing nutrition in relevant ministries and agencies of government.
M.Sc and PhD students and winners of FrieslandCampina WAMCO cash awards for excellent scientific research (from left) Ifeoma Ezeh, Yetunde Ogundairo, Chukwuka Oluebube and Joy Amadi during the 47th Annual General Meeting and Scientific conference of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria held at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State recently
M.Sc and PhD students and winners of FrieslandCampina WAMCO cash awards for excellent scientific research (from left) Michael Oderinde, Ebunoluwa Odeyinde, Chinenye Ekwueme and John Ebenezer during the 47th Annual Conference and Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria held at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State recently
