{"id":703,"date":"2013-02-25T21:01:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T04:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eatrightutah.org\/blog\/?p=703"},"modified":"2013-02-25T21:01:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T04:01:31","slug":"learn-about-genetically-modified-foods-at-the-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/learn-about-genetically-modified-foods-at-the-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn about Genetically Modified Foods at the Conference!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Ward will be speaking at the UAND Thursday afternoon break-out session on Genetically Modified Foods.\u00a0 Robert is currently an Associate Professor of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences at Utah State University.\u00a0 He received his MS and PhDs in Food Science and Technology from the University of California, Davis.\u00a0 The focus of Robert\u2019s research program is the intersection of food chemistry and nutrition.\u00a0 \u00a0His current projects include investigating the role of polyunsaturated fatty acids in inflammatory processes and the effects of bioactives on gut health.<\/p>\n

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Robert\u2019s presentation will include background information on genetic modification, current developments in GMOs, and perspective on how developments fit into a larger historical context.\u00a0 Robert has been involved in publishing, speaking and authoring chapters on various topics including \u201cDietary fat composition influences tissue lipid profile and gene expression in Fisher-344 rats\u201d, \u201cDevelopment of a Beef Flavor Lexicon\u201d, and \u201cBioactive components in milk\u201d.<\/p>\n

Robert is definitely in his element when talking about genetically modified foods.\u00a0 Come to the UAND Annual Meeting on Thursday to hear his insights and learn about current developments on the topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert Ward will be speaking at the UAND Thursday afternoon break-out session on Genetically Modified Foods.\u00a0 Robert is currently an Associate Professor of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences at Utah State University.\u00a0 He received his MS and PhDs in Food Science and Technology from the University of California, Davis.\u00a0 The focus of Robert\u2019s research program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-conference-2","tag-annual-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatrightutah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}