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17th December 2009: Early Nutrition Academy Post Graduate Course

The latest Postgraduate Course to be run by the ENA was held in Granada from 1st to the 4th of October 2009 and focused on the topic “Role of Nutrition on Mental Performance and Behaviour”. The course was a mixture of plenary sessions and small group discussions in which participants could practice and develop their knowledge of the role of nutrition on brain development and behaviour. Highly recognised scientific experts from several countries attended the School as speakers. Welcoming remarks were given by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Indalecio Sanchez-Montesinos García followed by a general introduction by Cristina Campoy.

The Post Graduate School is aimed at researchers and clinicians and other healthcare professionals interested in developing a career in early and paediatric nutrition.

Presentations included: Morphological aspects of brain development (Enrique Hilario), Influence of pre and perinatal dietEetic factors on neurodevelopment (Manuel Castro-Gago), Breast milk properties for mental performance and behaviour (Kim F. Michaelsen), Effect of diet and genes on brain development, mental performance & behaviour (Pauline Emmet), Multinutrients supplementation and mental performance in children (Catherine Transler), Roll of micronutrients in children diet and their brain development (María Ramírez), Antenatal folic acid supplementation effects on cognition in the early school years (Cristina Campoy), Maternal homocysteine and cognitive achievement in children (Michelle Murphy), LCPUFAs during the postnatal period: effect on brain development (Mijna Hadders-Algra), Cognitive evoked potentials and nutrition (Eveline de Bruin), Neuroimaging finding of the association between nutrition and the brain (Antonio Verdejo), Current situation in Europe of the research on brain development and Grants, networking and project management for young investigators in Europe (Elena Martín-Bautista). Two specific training sessions run at the meeting were Anthropometric training and Communications training.

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