American Society For Nutrition

2012 Abstract Submission Information

2012 Abstract Submission Information

Excellence in Nutrition Research and Practice

Late Breaking Abstracts

The Late-Breaking abstract submissionis now open.
Late breaking abstract submission deadline: February 23, 2012.

ASN Late-Breaking topics:

300-ASN Biochemistry of Vitamins and Minerals
301-ASN Energy and Nutrient Metabolism
301-ASN Human and Clinical Nutrition
303-ASN Metabolic and Disease Processes


Submit your Late-Breaking abstract here.



Call for Abstracts

The Call for Abstracts includes detailed information on scientific sessions, abstract topics, award deadlines and general information for ASN's program as well as the other EB societies. To view or print a copy of the 2012 Call for Abstracts, click here.

Submit your abstract here.

Regular abstracts due: November 8, 2011



Award Competitions

The award competition below require abstract submission. Please click on the links below for more information:



Clinical Emerging Leaders Award Competition , Supported by the Medical Nutrition Council


The International Nutrition Student Prize Competition, Supported by International Nutrition Council

Graduate Student Research Award Competition , Supported by the Nutritional Sciences Council

Postdoctoral Research Award Competition , Supported by Solae, LLC.


Abstract categories, sorted by RIS:

Aging & Chronic Disease

5000.......Nutrition and Cognitive and Mental Health in Older Adults

5001.......Community Nutrition Programs and Policies for Older Adults

5002.......Nutrition Interventions for Risk Factor Modification in Chronic Disease

5003.......Nutritional Assessment and Status in Older Populations

5004.......Nutrition, Sarcopenia and Physical Performance in Older Adults

5005.......Correlates, Consequences and Treatment of Obesity in Older Adults

5006...... Osteoporosis and Bone Metabolism in Aging

Community and Public Health Nutrition

5020.......Diet, Food Security and Health Promotion in DiverseCommunities

5021.......Community and Public Health Nutrition Interventions

5022.......Community and Public Health Nutrition

5023.......Behavioral Economics and Nutrition

5024.......The Role of the Food Industry in Community Nutrition Research

5025.......Social Equity and Nutrition

5026.......Food Safety and Community Food Interventions

CARIG

5030.......Carotenoids and Health

5031.......Molecular Mechanism of Action

5032.......Bioavailability and Metabolism

5033.......Eye and Brain Health

Diet and Cancer

5040.......Diet and Cancer – Molecular Targets

5041.......Diet and Cancer – Animal Studies

5042.......Diet and Cancer – Translational, Clinical and Survivorship

5043.......Diet and Cancer – Stem Cells

5044.......Diet and Cancer – Proteomic Technologies and the Detection of Molecular Targets for Bioactive Food Components

Dietary Bioactive Components

5060......Epidemiologic Associations Between Dietary Bioactive Components and Health

5061......Bioavailability, Metabolism and Biomarkers of Dietary Bioactive Components

5062......Mechanisms of Action and Molecular Targets of Dietary Bioactive Components

5063......Effects of Dietary Bioactive Components on Experimental Models of Chronic Disease Risk 

5064......Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Dietary Bioactive Components 5065.......Cardiovascular Effects of Dietary Bioactive Components

5066......Systems Biology Approaches to Study Dietary Bioactive Components

5067......Dietary Bioactive Components of Medicinal, Functional and Whole Foods including Probiotics and Fermented Foods.

Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism

5080......Energy Balance, Macronutrients and Weight Management (Co-sponsored with Obesity)

5081.......Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

5082.......Protein and Amino acid Metabolism

5083.......Lipid and Fatty Acid Metabolism and Transport

5084.......Dietary Factors Affecting Lipid Metabolism

5085.......Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Health

5086.......Metabolic Phenotyping, Metabolomics and Biomarkers

5087.......Carbohydrate Metabolism

5088.......Regulation of Food Intake (Co-sponsored with Obesity)

Experimental Animal Nutrition

5100.......Companion Animal Nutrition and Physiology

5101.......Animal Research Models for Macronutrient Metabolism

5102......Animal Research Models for Nutrient Digestion and Absorption

5103.......Animal Research Models for Gut Development and Health

5104.......Animal Research Models Investigating Nutrition and Inflammation

5105......Animal Research Models in Nutrition and Musculoskeletal Development

Lactation

5120.......Lactation: Biology of Milk Production and Secretion

5121.......Milk Bioactive Compounds

5122......Breastfeeding: Determinants of Initiation, Duration and Other Lactation Success Outcomes

5123......Breastfeeding and Human Milk: Effects on the Recipient Infant and/or Lactating Mother

International Nutrition

5140......International Nutrition

Medical Nutrition

5200......Diet-Gene Interactions in the Etiology of Obesity and Weight- Related Comorbidities

5201.......Nutrition and the Microbiome

5202......Interventions for the Treatment and Prevention of Nutrition- Related Diseases

5203.......Nutrition and Inflammation

5204.......Prenatal Nutrient Programming

5205......Bioactive Nutrients – Building an Evidence Base for DRI

Nutrition Education

5210.......Aligning Nutrition Education Programs and Research to Promote Change

5211.......Preventing Childhood Obesity

5212.......Development of Evidence-Based Nutrition Education

5213.......Nutrition Education in Diverse Populations

5214.......Synergy Between Nutrition Education and Industry Initiatives

5215.......Behavioral Science and Eating Behavior Change

5216.......Nutrition Intervention in Diabetes Care

5217.......Nutrition Education in “The Field”: Interventions Related to Farm and Garden Programs

Nutrient Gene Interactions

5220.......Epigenetics and Nutrition

5221.......Maternal Programming of Gene Expression

5222.......Nutrient Gene Interaction in Neurodegenerative/ Neuromuscular Disease

5223.......Nutrient Gene Interactions

5224.......Nutrient-Sensing Mechanisms

5225.......DNA Methylation in Disease

5226.......Nutrient Gene Interaction: Animal Models of Human Disease

5227.......Obesity, Inflammation and Nutrigenomics

Nutritional Epidemiology

5230......Innovative Tools for Assessment of Diet, Physical Activity, and Related Behaviors 5231......Longitudinal Analysis of Associations Between Diet and Health Outcomes

5232......Dietary Supplements as a Population Exposure in Relation to Causation, Prevention, and Management of Disease

5233......Applications and Challenges of Public Use Data Sets for Secondary Data Analysis Nutrition Research

5234......Assessment of Child and Adolescent Nutritional Status, Growth, and Obesity

5235......Influences of Water and Beverage Consumption on Health Outcomes

5236......Application of Novel Statistical Methods for Use in Nutritional Epidemiology

5237......Global Health: Dietary Intakes and Health Outcomes in= Diverse Populations

Nutrition Immunology

5240.......Nutritional Immunology

5241......Immune Modulating Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods

Nutrition Translation

5250......The Use of Consumer Research Insights to Guide Scientific Research

5251......Nutrition Science Translation for Policy, Practice and Consumers

5252......Understanding and Communicating Benefits/Risks of Natural-State Foods (e.g., minimally processed, natural, organic)

5253.......Nutrition and Sustainability

5254.......Food Related Behaviors – Critical for Food Policy

5255.......Nutrition Science Applied Through Food Science for Health

5256.......Clinical Support for Novel Food Ingredients

5257......Translation of Nutrition Science to Public Health

Obesity

5260.......Redefine Obesity: Body Weight vs. Adiposity

5261.......Neuroscience of Food Intake and Obesity: Food Addiction?

5262.......Childhood Obesity: When Should We Intervene?

5263.......Metabolic Communication and Obesity: Adipokins

5264.......Obesity, Inflammation and Chronic Diseases: Modulation by Dietary Phytonutrients

5265.......Activity and Obesity: Sitting Disease: Obesity's True Culprit

5266......Nutrigenomics: Population, Racial/Ethnic Differences

Vitamins and Minerals

5280.......Iron, Copper and Chronic Disease

5281.......Vitamin D and Obesity – From Cellular to Clinical Trials

5282.......Fat Soluble Vitamins and Chronic Disease

5283.......Micronutrient Bioavailability

5284.......Antioxidant Micronutrients

5285.......Water Soluble Vitamins

5286.......B Vitamins and One-Carbon Metabolism

5287.......Micronutrient Interventions



Please contact Moira Holt with questions.