The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland

The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland

The Metabolic Syndrome is the conference title of the Dairy Council for Northern Ireland.

A conference for health and education professionals was held at W5, The Odyssey, Belfast on Wednesday, 5 April 2006.

The conference covered a range of topics relating to the metabolic syndrome including:

• Best practices for prevention;

• The role of GI and other diets;

• Psychological underpinnings of metabolic syndrome;

• Influences of physical activity;

• Possible foetal origins of the metabolic syndrome; and

• Dairy foods in the prevention of metabolic syndrome.

For full programme details please go to www.dairycouncil.co.uk/DCNI2/education/index.html