Wednesday, 2nd December Joint Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of NZ and the Nutrition Society of Australia

• A history of nutrition and war:  from Ancient China to Gallipoli and beyond - Chris Forbes-Ewan
• Military nutrition – turning research into practice:  The NZDF perspective - Nicola Martin
• US military nutrition: Historical approaches and contemporary perspective - James McClung

Posters will be listed as presenting authors register.   A number of posters will be selected for a short presentation during the poster session - these authors will be contacted in October.

• A systematic review of studies investigating the anthelmintic effect of datepalm fruit - Faizul Addnan
• A methodological appraisal of postprandial vascular function following OGTT in Middle-Eastern men - A Alyami
• Effect of processing on nutritional value of different parts of root and tuber crops as livestock feed - Bukola B Babatunde
• 24-hour urinary iodine concentration and 24hr urinary iodine excretion in a sample of Australian primary school children - Kelsey Beckford
• A rat model for determining postprandial responses to foods - Damien P Belobrajdic
• Food security, access and quality among charitable food programs serving the homeless in the Australian Capital Territory region - Sarah E Belton
• Can questionnaire-based tools to predict vitamin D deficiency replace blood testing for New Zealand preschool children? - Carolyn Cairncross
• Can you distinguish naturally occurring from refined dietary fibre? - Derek Castles
• Snacking on nightshift: Glucose response to a standard breakfast meal following large vs small snacks during the night - Stephanie A Centofanti
• Iodine status not associated with cognitive functioning in older Australians - Karen Charlton
• Patterns of pork consumption in Australians: secondary analysis of the 2011-2013 Australian Health Survey - Karen Charlton
• Effect of a  whey/guar preload on glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes  - Peter Clifton
• Prevalence of Vitamin D insufficiency in Taiyuan City and its relationship with risk for Metabolic Syndrome - Jane Coad
• Impact of high versus low carotenoid fruit and vegetables on skin colour and plasma carotenoids in young women - Clare E Collins
• Does supplementation with non-animal forms of DHA improve DHA omega-3 indices in vegetarians and vegans? - Joel C Craddock
• Changes in blood lipid levels induced by different dietary fat types are not influenced by pre-supplementation with fish oil - Cintia B Dias
• Is cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women attributable to poor cerebral perfusion? Baseline results of the resFem study - Hamish Evans
• Human breast milk complex lipids: Concentrations, benefits and the implications for paediatric nutrition - Bertram Fong
• Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of fish oil supplementation in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Ashley S Fulton
• Does caffeine consumption during 50h of sleep deprivation alter glucose metabolism, hunger and satiety ratings? - Crystal Grant
• Adequacy of and factors associated with dietary zinc intakes in Australian adults - Carley A Grimes
• How does the policy context affect the implementation of the national Healthy Start Workforce Project (HSWP)? - Caroline Gunn
• Blood lipids - soluble dietary fibres: Study of bile salts diffusion across intestinal mucosa using the Ussing chamber system - Nima Gunness
• The link between breast milk, infant faecal and maternal faecal microbiota - Genelle Healey
• Is animal flesh consumption associated with better iron status among adults in developed countries: A systematic review - Jacklyn Jackson
• Postprandial chylomicron metabolism and size distribution is affected by meal oil type - Tony P James
• Concentration and distribution of sialic acid in sow milk during lactation - Marefa Jahan
• Molecular mechanisms driving airway inflammation following a high-fat mixed meal in asthma - Qian Li
• Does increased intake of folic acid increase cancer risk? - Dorothy Mackerras
• Safety of emu oil for intestinal applications - Suzanne Mashtoub
• Dietary fish oil at low intakes increases DHA incorporation and reduces low frequency fatigue in rat hindlimb skeletal muscle - Peter McLennan
• Motivational interviewing and values clarification: behavioural therapy for weight loss  - Anne-Therese McMahon
• Vitamin D is independently associated with depression and inflammation in overweight women with and without PCOS - Lisa Moran
• Nutritional profiling: Anemia, fat intake and γ-tocopherols in a Chinese cohort - Stefan Mutter
• Insulin resistance, glucose regulation, obesity and mood: A review of the literature - Nenad Naumovski
• Incidence and risk factors of type 2 diabetes: results from the Thai Cohort Study - Keren Papier
• Glycated albumin does not correlate with postprandial markers of glycaemia in normoglycaemic young adults - Andrew N Reynolds
• Habitual sweet food and beverage intake is influenced by perception of sweet taste intensity - Stacey Rivers
• Oxalate content of green juices produced by two different methods   - Geoffery Savage
• High-fat diet promotes inflammation via two separate mechanisms in hypothalamic neurons and microglia - D Sergi
• Lauric acid differs from other saturated fatty acids in metabolic syndrome in rats - Siti Shafie
• Higher vitamin D status is inversely associated with the metabolic syndrome and risk of T2DM in Victorian adults - Mario J Soares
• The effect of vitamin D on chronic plaque psoriasis: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled supplementation trial - Welma Stonehouse
• Acute effect of red meat and dairy on glycemic response - Kirsty M Turner
• Potential of dietary propolis in protecting bovine mammary epithelial cells against mastitis pathogens using in vitro models - Kai Wang
• Predicting body composition in breast-fed term infants - Leigh C Ward
• Children, medical diets and hospital food services: managing strict diets and patient safety in a process driven environment - Prue Watson