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Sydney University Nutrition Research Foundation Symposium

“Vitamin D - dietary sources and bioavailability”

Marginal vitamin D deficiency is recognized as being relatively common, even in countries with plentiful sunlight in summer. Epidemiological links between low vitamin D status and various diseases have stimulated research and the development of public health policies to raise vitamin D status with the prospect of improving the overall health of populations


When: 3.30 pm, Thursday 28 February, 2008

Where: Room 471, School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences
Building G08, Cnr Butlin Ave and Maze Cres.
The University of Sydney

Getting there: 1.07km from Redfern rail station
Very limited parking at the University, however there is a Parking Station in Shepherd St, Darlington

Cost: N/A

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3.30 pm - Arrival

3.45 pm - Welcome
Prof A. Stewart Truswell, Chairman, SUNRF

3.50 pm - Opening remarks
Prof David Fraser, University of Sydney

4.00 pm - Vitamin D - dietary sources and bioavailability
Ms Jette Jakobsen, Senior Scientist, The National Food Institute,
Technical University of Denmark, Søborg, Denmark

4.45 pm - Concluding remarks & questions
Prof David Fraser, University of Sydney

5.00 pm - Close and drinks