CONTACT:
Melissa
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HUMAN
NUTRITION
RESEARCH
ROUNDTABLE
FEATURED AT
CATTLE
INDUSTRY
CONFERENCE
Checkoff-funded
symposium seeks
to further beef
industry’s
knowledge
regarding
diet and cancer.
CENTENNIAL,
Colo. (Jan.
28, 2008) – This
February, beef
checkoff
producer
leadership and
leading
scientists will
convene
Thursday, Feb.
7, from 3-6 p.m.
in
Reno, Nev., at
the Cattle
Industry Annual
Convention to
discuss
challenges and
opportunities at
a checkoff-funded
roundtable
discussion,
“Diet and
Cancer.” The
roundtable will
be held at the
Reno Convention
Center, Room A1.
“Checkoff
dollars have
been invested to
help conduct
extensive
studies on the
topic of red
meat and cancer.
In addition,
America’s beef
producers have
committed
considerable
resources to
provide lean
beef and
nutrition
information for
consumers to ‘go
lean’ with
protein and
follow the
Dietary
Guidelines,”
says Becky Walth,
Chair of the
Joint Nutrition
Research
Committee. “The
roundtable
discussion will
communicate
additional
research that
will help in the
development of
future nutrition
research
priorities for
the beef
industry.”
Speakers joining
the group to
share their
expertise on
various aspects
of
nutrition-related
cancer research
and its
implications for
the beef
industry
include:
-- Tim
Byers, MD, MPH
Professor,
Department of
Preventive
Medicine and
Biometrics and
Deputy Director, University
of Colorado
Cancer Center;
Member of the
World Cancer
Research Fund
Report on “Food,
Nutrition,
Physical
Activity and the
Prevention of
Cancer”
-- David
Klurfeld, Ph.D.,
National Program
Leader, Human
Nutrition USDA,
Agricultural
Research Service
--
Dominik
Alexander,
Ph.D., Managing
Scientist,
Epidemiology,
Exponent
--
Eric Westman,
MD, MHS,
Associate
Professor of
Medicine, Duke
University
School of
Medicine
This roundtable
is a
continuation of
the industry’s
effort to
systematically
review the total
evidence on red
meat and cancer
and identify
possible
knowledge gaps
on the topic.
“The industry as
a whole is
utilizing
checkoff dollars
to review and
study the
possible
implications of
this body of
research in
order to
identify
possible
research needs
to dispel red
meat and cancer
misinformation,”
concludes Walth.
“We will
continue to
invest checkoff
resources to
ensure the
industry is
providing
science-based
information to
nutritionists,
health
professionals
and the
scientific
community.”
For more
information,
visit
www.beefnutrition.org.
For up-to-date
Joint Nutrition
Research
Committee
information,
visit the Beef
Board blog at
http://beefboardmeeting.com.
The Beef
Checkoff Program
was established
as part of the
1985 Farm
Bill. The
checkoff
assesses $1 per
head on the sale
of live domestic
and imported
cattle, in
addition to a
comparable
assessment on
imported beef
and beef
products. States
retain up to 50
cents on the
dollar and
forward the
other 50 cents
per head to the
Cattlemen’s Beef
Promotion and
Research Board,
which
administers the
national
checkoff
program, subject
to USDA
approval.
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