Leading Global Speakers at Dairy UK Obesity and the Dairy Industry Conference‏

The Dairy UK Obesity and the dairy industry conference in London on the afternoon of 22nd January features a line-up of top international speakers.

These include Dr Theo Ockhuizen, who will be applying a global perspective to the issues associated with obesity.

Theo is a leading international nutritionist. He has more than 200 scientific publications to his name. He has served on many scientific committees on a national (e.g. Health Council) and international level (e.g. ILSI Europe). Dr Ockhuizen currently chairs several national (ROW and FNLI) and international (EDA and IDF) committees.

Cindy Schweitzer, Ph.D., is Global Dairy Platform's Technical Director. She will be discussing the key nutritional messages that the global dairy industry ought to be communicating at a time of unprecedented, social, environmental and economic challenges.

Cindy brings more than 20 years of experience in the food and supplement industries. She joined GDP from the McDonald's Corporation, where she served as manager of global nutrition. There she made a major contribution to the creation of McDonald's global nutrition strategy.

Places are already filling fast for this afternoon conference which focuses primarily on messages and communications. The questions that will be addressed by a panel of UK and international speakers are:

- How is obesity being regarded and addressed in other countries?

- Where does the dairy industry fit into all this?

- What is the evidence that demonstrates that, far from being part of the problem, the dairy sector can be part of the solution?

- What are the messages that we, as an industry should be communicating to consumers, the public, government and key decision makers?

- How are dairy companies addressing these issues and opportunities in the marketplace?

Further details and a booking form can be found on the Dairy UK website at www.dairyUK.org