[Discussion] CONTROVERSIES OF DIET AND NUTRITION I N THE 21ST CENTURY WAR - CALL FOR PAPER S AND INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION”

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CONTROVERSIES OF DIET AND NUTRITION IN THE 21ST CENTURY WAR - CALL FOR 
PAPERS AND INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION”
The session will discuss present day controversies surrounding diet and 
nutrition, with particular emphasis on controversies over milk products, 
vegetarianism, the ethics of food advertisements, debates over 
re-enforcing mother’s milk, controversies on nutrient recommendations 
and low fat and high carbohydrate versus low carbohydrate diets. Diets 
used in healing such as diets for cancer and cardiovascular disease. 
Organic food versus commercially grown products. “Tastes that kill” 
(debates over monosodium glutamate and whether MSG addictive is 
responsible for obesity). Nutritional “cults” as sub-cultures. What are 
dietary guidelines for different populations, overcoming the issues of 
inadequate food and hunger? The treatment and prevention of the 
overweight and the obesity epidemic. Critical interpretation of 
nutrition supplements and the use of new technology to improve yields of 
crops such as genetic modification. Appropriate diets for different age 
groups. Practices and folk perceptions of food and what is of 
nutritional value. The ethics of food manufacturers. Regulations set by 
governments. The role of the food industry as well as the importance of 
food and nutrition communication will be viewed from the perspective of 
public health and prevention to make sound recommendations. Social 
consequences of the collapse of buildings and other man-made accidents 
will also be examined. Please find updated information as regards the 
meeting at the IFSSH website http://www.ifssh.net.
The International Forum for Social Sciences and Health (IFSSH) welcomes 
applications from scholars, administrators, researchers, interested 
parties, international agencies, national and international research 
institutions and students for participation in the 2005 World Congress 
“HEALTH CHALLENGES OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM”. The 2005 World Congress 
aims to realize a universal platform for reflections and forward-looking 
discussions in all important areas that fall under the health social 
science agenda. The world congress will host workshop sessions under the 
following themes: Accidents and disabilities; Adolescent health; 
Bioethics; Bioterror and weapons of mass destruction; Child health, 
development and child rights; Health consequences of war; Communicating 
health knowledge and behavior; Controversies of diet and nutrition; 
Developing economies, migration and emerging health issues; Ecohealth: 
climate change, health consequences of environmental deterioration and 
environmental policies; Ethnobotany and healing; Giving birth: new 
meanings, new statistics; Health and disease in world myths, scripts and 
literature; Health clubs and the new aesthetics of health; Health 
equity; Health social science research methodology; Health sector reform 
and health insurance; Health, medicine and colonialism; Human rights, 
HIV/AIDS and the new epidemics; Infectious diseases; Issues in rural 
health and disease; Life styles; Living with pain; Local traditions of 
healing and shamans; New challenges: smoking, addictions and eating 
disorders; Politics of pharmacueticals; Redefining old age; Reproductive 
health; Social history of health and disease; Social science education 
for health sciences; Sociology of dental health; Suicides and cross 
cultural issues in mental health; The economics of well being; The 
future of hospitals and patient care; The psychology of violence; 
Violence as a public health issue; and Social aspects and prevention of 
world blindness. Please find updated information as regards the meeting 
at the IFSSH website http://www.ifssh.net. We invite you to join this 
interdisciplinary gathering of the experiences and perspectives of 
social scientists and health specialists for a crucial assessment of the 
human condition at the onset of the new millennium.
Prof. Dr. Akile Gürsoy
IFSSH Secretary General
Head, Department of Anthropology
Yeditepe University
Congress Correspondence:
2005 IFSSH Congress Center
Department of Anthropology
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Yeditepe University
Kay?s,dag(?,34755 Istanbul TÜRKI.YE
Tel: (+ 90) 216-578 07 27)
Fax: (+ 90) 216-578 08 99)
E-mail: ifssh.2005@yeditepe.edu.tr
ifssh@ifssh.net
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