PG19 - Diet and pulmonary diseases: benefits and risks

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: N. Khaltaev (Geneva, Switzerland), I. Annesi Maesano (Villejuif, France)
Aims: The aim of this course is to spread knowledge on the role played by diet in respiratory disease, which is poorly understood. It will provide participants with:
• evidence on diet as a protective or risk factor in the development and the course of respiratory disease;
• details of methods to assess the intake of nutrients and vitamins;
• information on the underlying mechanisms.

Diet assessment L. Temme (Leuven, Belgium)
Diet as a risk factor in respiratory diseases T. McKeever (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Diet as a protective factor in respiratory diseases I. Romieu (Cuernavaca, Mexico)
Mechanisms implicated in the relationship of diet to respiratory disease E. Omenaas (Bergen, Norway)