Date: Tuesday 19 November, 2013
Venue: The Gibson Hotel, Dublin 1
Time: 10.00am - 1.30pm
Healthy options when eating out
A workshop hosted by the All-island Obesity Action Forum and supported by safefood
Aim of the workshop
This event will focus on the catering sector and specifically highlight what is available to individuals and families when they choose to eat outside the home. The event will also examine consumer behaviour and the initiatives available to help guide healthier choices.
Who should attend?
The event will be of interest to those working in obesity related or consumer behaviour areas in the voluntary community sector, academia, industry and government departments and government agencies. It will also be of interest to those in the catering sector.
Presentations for download
Programme
|
Time
|
Programme
|
Speaker
|
|
10.00am - 10.30am
|
Registration with tea & coffee
|
|
|
10.30am - 10.35am
|
Welcome by safefood
|
Mr Martin Higgins,
Chief Executive
safefood
|
|
10.35am - 11.35am
|
Session 1
|
Chair: Martin Higgins
|
|
10.35am - 10.55am
|
Setting the Scene and launch of family eating out events report
|
Dr Ruth Price, Clinical Trials Manager, University of Ulster
|
|
10.55am -
11.15am
|
Calorie wise: Challenges and evaluation
|
Ms Sharon Gilmore, Dietary Health Team, Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland
|
|
11.15am -11.35am
|
Calories on Menus in Ireland – an evaluation
|
Professor Mary Flynn, Chief Specialist in Public Health Nutrition, Food Safety Authority of Ireland
|
|
11.35am -1.00pm
|
Session 2
|
Chair: Ms Maureen Mulvihill
Head of Health Promotion, Irish Heart Foundation
|
|
11.35am - 12.10pm
|
Roundtable discussions (PDF) and question formulation including Tea and Coffee
|
1 question for roundtable discussion
|
|
12.10pm - 12.30pm
|
Shopping habits in consumers - launch of report
|
Dr Aine McConnon, Research Co-ordinator, University College Dublin
|
|
12.30pm - 1.00pm
|
Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks
|
|
|
1.00pm - 1.30pm
|
Lunch and Networking
|
|
|
1.30pm - 3.30pm
|
Closed Forum Meeting
|
|
For more information about this event: