Dr. Stanley Zlotkin to Deliver Lecture on "Foods, Nutrients and Eating: Adult Desires and Kid's Reality"

Posted November 25, 1999


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 25, 1999 99-11-16-PH

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Dr. Stanley Zlotkin to Deliver Lecture on "Foods, Nutrients and Eating: Adult Desires and Kid's Reality"

"Foods, Nutrients and Eating: Adult Desires and Kid's Reality" is the topic of the 1999 Visiting Lecture in the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition. Dr. Stanley Zlotkin will deliver the lecture, which discusses how and why nutritional requirements should be established for children, on Tuesday, November 30, 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. in room 134 Arts Building. The lecture is open to the public, free of charge, and everyone is welcome to attend.

Dr. Zlotkin has worked as a clinician-nutritionist and research scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children since 1980. He is currently a Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, a senior scientist in the Research Institute of the Hospital for Sick Children, Medical Director of Nutrition Support and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the Hospital for Sick Children.

As well as being a consultant on nutritional issues to Canadian Federal and Provincial governments, he is past Chair of the Nutrition Committee of the Canadian Pediatric Society and of the Research Ethics Board of the Research Institute of the Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Zlotkin represents Canada on the Dietary Reference Intake subcommittee to determine trace mineral recommendations for North Americans. He also chairs the Scientific Council of the Danone Institute of Canada, a nonprofit body dedicated to the improvement of the health and well-being of Canadians through better nutrition.

The College gratefully acknowledges the support of the University's Visiting Lecturers Fund in bringing Dr. Zlotkin to the University of Saskatchewan. While in Saskatoon, Dr. Zlotkin will present a research seminar on "Recent Advances in Iron Nutrition" to senior undergraduates and graduate students in Nutrition, faculty and dietitians. He will meet with students for further discussions on iron, on international nutrition, and on Canada's role in setting and adopting dietary reference intakes.

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Stanley Zlotkin, Professor and Chief
of Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario
Tel: (416) 813-6171
email: Zlotkin@sickkids.on.ca

Dr. Susan Whiting
Professor and Division Assistant Dean
(Research and Graduate Affairs)
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-5837
email: susan.whiting@usask.ca