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Conference Program (revised May 7, 2004)
The following American Dietetic Association CPEs have been applied for:  
              Pre-conference Workshop (3 CPE)
              Conference Program (13 CPE)
              Conference Posters/Exhibits (3.5 CPE)

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Wednesday, June 23, 2004

                     Optional Tour 
12:00-6:00 PM            Amana Colonies Farm Tour and Dinner at Ox Yoke Inn 
                                 (registration required)

1:00-4:30 PM              Pre-Conference Workshop (registration required; limited seating)
                                 Nutrient Data, What's Behind the Numbers? (presented by
                                 USDA/ARS scientists) and What Do We Eat in America?
  (Presented
                                 by NCHS/NHANES scientists)  
                                 Location:  W401 Pappajohn Business Building               

6:00-8:00 PM              Evening Reception, University of Iowa Museum of Art  


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Thursday, June 24, 2004

7:00-8:30 AM              Continental Breakfast [2nd Floor Foyer, outside the Iowa Memorial
                                  Union (IMU) Ballroom]

7:00 AM                     Registration  [2nd Floor Foyer]

All Plenary sessions are in the Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom

8:30-10:00 AM              Session 1 – Welcome and Keynote Address  
                                       Session Chair:  Phyllis Stumbo
                                   Welcoming Remarks  
                                        Phyllis Stumbo, Conference Chair
                                         William F Decker, Vice President for Research, University of Iowa
                                         William Haynes, Professor of Medicine and Director, General
                                              Clinical Research Center, University of Iowa
                                    Keynote AddressFrom Farm to Fork -- Practical Applications
                                    for Food Composition Data

                                         Introduction – Phyllis Stumbo
                                          Speaker - Catherine E Woteki, Dean and Director, College of
                                          Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Iowa
                                          State University, Ames IA and Chair, Food and Nutrition Board,
                                          National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC

10:00-10:30 AM             Refreshment Break & Viewing of Posters         
                                    IMU Main Lounge, 1st floor

10:30-12 Noon               Session 2
                                   
Session CoChairs:  Diane Brit and Suzanne McNutt
                                  
10:30-11:00                   Invited Presentation:  Research on the Composition of
                                    Functional Foods: 
Joseph Spence, Acting Associate Deputy
                                    Administrator, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD 

11:00-12 Noon               Food Composition Data in Nutrition Research:  Data Quality

                                    Respondent-specific coding guidelines were developed to resolve
                                    missing information on 4-day food records:  Suzanne McNutt,
                                    Westat, Salt lake City UT

The effect of improved food composition data on national intake estimates:  Jaspreet Ahuja, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD

Food and nutrient intakes: Quality assurance in the data
            processing phase:  Jaswinder Anand, BHNRC, ARS, USDA,
            Beltsville MD

12:00-1:30 PM             Lunch [1st floor, Main Lounge]  
                                  NNDC Steering Committee Meeting [location

1:30-3:00 PM              Session 3 - Food Composition Data in Nutrition Research:  Flavonoids and Portion Sizes    Session CoChairs:  Tessie Hernandez & Lisa Harnack

Assuring the quality of a flavanone database for an Italian food frequency questionnaire:  Julia Peterson, Friedman school of Nutrition Science & Policy and Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston MA 

Analytical determination of flavonoids (as aglycones) in foods:  James Harnly, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD 

Super-sized underreporting of large food portions: Results from the Minnesota Heart Survey Meals Away from Home Study:  Lisa Harnack, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 

Portion size estimation and expectation of accuracy:  Teresita Hernandez, Health Technomics, Inc, Annandale VA 

Sizes of currently available produce may significantly affect nutrient intake assessment:  Joannie Dobbs, University of Hawai’i, Manoa HI

3:00-3:30 PM              Refreshment Break & Viewing of Posters
                                  1st Floor Main Lounge

3:30-5:15 PM              Session 4 – Food Composition Data in Agriculture, Public Health
                                 and Medical Practice 
                                
Session CoChairs:  Laura Sampson & Alison Eldridge

Nutrition professionals and food and agricultural policy:  Sue Roberts, Agricultural Law Center, The Law School, Drake University, Des Moines IA 

Consumer perceptions of locally-grown foods and the environmental and economic impacts of long-distance food transport:  Richard Pirog, Iowa State University, Ames IA 

Food consumption and nutrient intakes in a family study in Taipei, Taiwan:  Li-Ching Lyu, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan  

Dietary Exposure of the Korean Population to Heavy Metals: Haeng Shin Lee, Korea Industry Development Institute, Seoul, Korea 

New whole grain database and findings related to obesity:  Laura Sampson, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA 

Biogenic amines in foods and monoamine oxidase inhibitor drugs:  A crossroad where medicine, nutrition, pharmacy, and food industry converge:  Beverly McCabe-Sellers, ARS, USDA, Little Rock AR

6:00-9:30 PM              Banquet -- Networking over Cocktails, Dinner and Comedy [Iowa
                                 Memorial Union, Main Lounge, 1st floor (registration required)]  


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Friday, June 25, 2004

7:00-8:30 AM              Continental Breakfast [Sunporch/Main Lounge 1st floor] 

8:30-10:00 AM            Session 5 – Database Systems and Management  
                                    Session CoChairs:  Jim Painter & Susan Gebhardt
                                   
                                    Optimizing nutritional data from various sources – A database
                                    manager’s responsibility:  Elizabeth Braithwaite, ESHA, Salem OR

Consequences of changes in the dietary reference intakes for nutrient databases:  Susan Gebhardt, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD

European food information resource network (EUROFIR):  Paul Finglas, Institute of Food Research, Norwich UK

The Nutrient Data Laboratory website gets a new look:  Linda Lemar, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD

New release on the web:  USDA food and nutrient database for dietary studies:  Janice Bodner-Montville, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD

10:00-10:30  AM         Refreshment Break & Viewing of Posters    
                                 1st Floor, Main Lounge

10:30-12 Noon             Session 6 – New Data for Databases  
                                    Session CoChairs:  Wendy White & Betty Perloff  

                                    Flavanones in grapefruit, lemons, limes, oranges and their near
                                    relatives: Tangerines/mandarins, tangors, and tangelos:  Julia
                                    Peterson, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy and Jean 
                                    Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging at Tufts University,
                                    Boston MA

Database development for soyasaponins:  Isoflavone-saponin correlation in soybeans and soy foods:  Patricia Murphy, Iowa State University, Ames IA 

Trans fat labeling – An industry perspective:  Rose Tobelmann, General Mills, Inc, Minneapolis MN 

Methodology for adding glycemic index and glycemic load values to the NCI Diet History Questionnaire Database:  Andrew Flood, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 

Development of a food database for potential carcinogens:  A tool for epidemiological studies:  Paula Jakszyn, Instituto Catalan de Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain                                   

12:00-1:30 PM            Lunch, 1st Floor, Main Lounge
                                 Meeting of Program Committee for the 29th NNDC [location TBA]


1:30-3:00 PM              Session 7 – Data and Databases for Fluoride  
                                  Session CoChairs:  Joanne Holden & John Himes

                                     Fluoride as a nutrient of public health importance:  Steven Levy,
                                     University of Iowa, Iowa City IA
 

The National Fluoride Database and Intake Assessment Study:  Overview:  John Himes, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 

Developing a fluoride database for dental and health research:  Rena Cutrufelli, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD 

Fluoride concentration and variability in US drinking water:  Pamela Pehrsson, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD

A quality assurance program for the National Fluoride Database and Intake Assessment Study:  Kristine Patterson, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD

3:00-3:30 PM              Refreshment Break & Viewing of Posters
                                  1st Floor Main Lounge
 

                                 Concurrent Activities
                                 

3:30-5:00 PM              Technology Fair (featuring government, vendor and user software and
                                  websites) 1st Floor Main Lounge 

3:30-5:00 PM              Last Opportunity for Viewing Posters (presenters need not be
                                 present)
 [1st floor, Main Lounge]

3:30-5:00 PM              Tour Ala Carte Room Service at University of Iowa Hospitals
                                 
[group will gather at registration desk]

3:30-5:00 PM              Tour of the University of Iowa Campus (guided and on-your-own
                                  walking tour) [groups will form at the registration desk]

3:30-5:30 PM              Optional Tour (registration required)
                                 
Herbert Hoover Library-Museum and Secrest 18 Octagonal Barn Tour  

Dinner on your own:  Enjoy Iowa City’s fine cuisine. (small group sign-up sheets will be available at the registration desk) 

7:00 PM                      Outdoor Shakespeare Festival (registration required; tickets
                                  limited)   Pre-performance at 7 PM; curtain at 8 PM


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Saturday, June 26, 2004

7:00-8:30 AM             Continental Breakfast [2nd floor foyer, outside Ballroom]

8:30-9:45 AM              Session 8 - Dietary Supplement Databases  
                                    Session CoChairs:  Mary Frances Picciano & Johanna Dwyer

                                    Progress in development of dietary supplement databases: Johanna
                                    Dwyer, NIH, Bethesda MD

Dietary supplement use in the US: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and dietary supplement database:  Kathy Radimer, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, Hyattsville MD 

Integrating foods and dietary supplements into a single composition table:  Donna Lyn M Au, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu HI 

Estimating total dietary intakes:  Alicia Carriquiry, Iowa State University, Ames IA 

9:45-10:15 AM            Refreshment Break, 2nd floor, Ballroom foyer                   

10:15-11:10 AM          Session 8 - Dietary Supplement Databases (Continued)

Development of the dietary supplement ingredient database, Phase II progress:  Joanne Holden, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD                  

Applying food and supplement data in a study:  Challenges and pitfalls:  Suzanne Murphy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI 

Iowa Dietary Botanical Supplements Center focuses on Echinacea and Hypericum:  Diane Birt, Iowa State University, Ames IA

11:10-11:30 AM          Announcements – Phyllis Stumbo
                                
    Student Scholarship Abstract Award (Paula Jakszun, Ladia
           
                             Hernandez and Victor Ohuruogu)
                                    Best Poster Award
                                    29th National Nutrient Databank Conference
                                 Concluding Remarks – Phyllis Stumbo

11:30 AM                   Meeting Adjourned

                                 Afternoon Tours (registration required)
1:00-5:00 PM              Frank Lloyd Wright Home "Cedar Rock" 

1:00-7:00 PM              Kalona Historical Tour (dinner included)  


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LISTING OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS

(available for viewing from the morning break on Thursday, June 24, 2004 through the end of session on Friday, June 25, 2004)

Session P1 - New Data for Foods and Food Components

01 – Mineral analysis of ten types of commercially available tea:  Autumn Marshall, Lipscomb University, Nashville TN 

02 – 5-Methyltetrahyrodfolate content in nationwide fruit and vegetable samples by HPLC analysis:  John Koontz, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 

03 – Wellness and the Shoshone-Bannock diabetes prevention project:  Arlin Bache, Ed Galindo, Shoshone-Bannock High School, Pocatello ID 

04 – Development of a database having values for total choline and betaine for use in epidemiologic studies on the relationship between diet and cancer:  Ladia Hernandez, The University of Texas MD Anderson cancer Center, Houston TX

 

Session P2 - Database Development, Maintenance, and Quality Assurance

05 – Considerations for adding new food components to a database: The isoflavone example:  Sally Schakel, Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 

06 – Documentation of data sources in a food and nutrient database:  Sally Schakel, Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 

07 – Developing a food group serving count system to distinguish nutritionally important food characteristics:  Mary Stevens, Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 

08 – Incorporation of a food group counting system into a food and nutrient database:  Janet Pettit, Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 

09 – Updating nutrient retention factors for selected vegetable products:  Gwendolyn Holcomb, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD 

10 – Replacing values for alpha-tocopherol equivalents with ones for RRR-alpha tocopherol in a database for vegetable oils:  John Radcliffe, Texas Woman’s University, Houston TX and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX 

11 – Acquiring conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) values for addition to a food composition database:  Kim Murakami, University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI 

12 – Assigning nutrient values to supplement default codes:  Carrie Blitz, University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI

 

Session P3 - Food Consumption/Nutrition Research

13 – Dietary and lifestyle practices of normal weight and overweight adults:  Shanthy Bowman, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD 

14 – Nutrient intakes by Pyramid food groups:  James Friday, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD 

15 – Vitamin E intake in consumers and non-consumers of peanuts/peanut butter:  Ladia Hernandez, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX 

16 – Developing a processed meat module for a food frequency questionnaire:  Thea Palmer Zimmerman, Westat, University Heights OH 

17 – Iron intake of the US population: Application of the Dietary Reference Intakes to NHANES 1999-2000:  Ann Albertson, The Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills, Inc, Minneapolis MN 

18 – Recoding of the CSFII database for vegetables:  Evaluating the contribution of raw, cooked, canned, frozen, and dried vegetables in the US diet:  Alison Eldridge, The Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills, Inc, Minneapolis MN 

19 – Cancer preventive effect of resveratrol in human colorectal cancer cells:  Yu Jiang, Iowa State University, Ames IA 

20 – Anti-proliferative/cytotoxicity of Echinacea and Hypericum, evidence for interactions:  Laura Schmitt, Iowa State University, Ames IA 

21 – Dietary intake of pesticide residues from representative Korean foods:  Chang-Hwan Oh, LabFrontier Corp, Suwon, Korea 

22 – Sr, Zn, and Ca analysis of Bronze Age skeletal and crematory graves from Southern Poland for dietary reconstruction:  Krzysztof Szostek, Department of Anthropology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

 

Session P4 - Food Sampling and Analytical Methodology

23 – NFNAP Sampling of fast foods:  Challenges of collecting prepared restaurant foods:  Pamela Pehrsson, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD 

24 – Sample processing methods for the National Food and Nutrient Analysis Program:  Amy Rasor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 

25 – Fluoride methodology for carbonated beverages:  Judy Heilman, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 

26 – A new look at the determination of heme iron in meats:  James Harnly, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD   

27 – State of analytical methods and reference materials for development of the dietary supplement ingredient database:  Wayne Wolf, BHNRC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville MD 

28 – A rapid HPLC method for quantification of carotenoids in maize:  FAK Tayie, Center for Designing Foods to Improve Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames IA


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