24th International Conference of Functional Food Center (FFC)

24th International Conference of Functional Food Center (FFC) is organized by Functional Food Center Inc. and will be held from Sep 20 - 21, 2018 at Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Course Description:
This conference will bring together experts in medicine, biology, and the food industry to discuss the functional foods with bioactive compounds as dietary interventions for chronic diseases. Conference organized by FFC and Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory at Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Teaching Hospital.

Session Topics:
• Functional Food Definition and the Status of Functional Foods in Japan, US and other Countries
• Nutrition, Functional Foods, and Obesity
• Nutrition, Functional Foods, and Diabetes
• Nutrition, Functional Foods, and Neurological Diseases
• Nutrition, Functional Foods, and Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)
• Nutrition, Functional Foods, and Cancer
• Functional Foods with Bioactive Compound(s): Prevention and Management of Non-communicable Diseases
• Safety of the Bioactive Compounds and Functional Foods
• Biomarkers , Functional Foods, and Chronic Disease
• Special Session: Functional Food, Microbiome and Cancer
• Special Session: Dietary Exosomes and their Cargos
• Special session: Engineering bioaccessibility and bioavailability of bioactive compounds
• Current Research and Development of New Functional Food Products

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.