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M10 - Dudrick Research Symposium - Lean Tissue and Protein in Health and Disease: Key Targets and Assessment Strategies
Feb 16, 2015 8:00am
‐ Feb 16, 2015 9:30am
Objectives:
Summarize the central importance of lean tissue to nutritional status in acute and chronic illness, where bedside measurement could contribute to malnutrition assessment and monitoring
Analyze the interrelationships between protein and lean tissue and how protein requirements are determined
Describe recent advances and future trends in lean tissue assessment technologies
Speaker(s):
Carrie
Earthman,
PhD, RDN,
Professor, Nutrition, Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition,
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Steven
B. Heymsfield,
MD,
Professor,
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Speaker(s):
Robert
R. Wolfe,
PhD,
Professor,
Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR