The Fourth Annual Iowa Hunger Summit

Posted October 19th, 2010 by Des Moines University

The fourth annual Iowa Hunger Summit was held on Tuesday, October 13 as part of the esteemed World Food Prize symposium.  The Heartland Global Health Consortium (HGHC) hosted a segment of the morning session entitled “Starving for Knowledge:  Nutrition, Brain Development and Education”. Speakers were faculty and students of HGHC member institutions and included the following:

• Dr. Robert Mazur, PhD, Iowa State University:  “African Perspective” (download presentation)
• Roberto Fernandez, MPH, OMS-II and Christopher Peluso, OMS-II, Des Moines University:  “Starvation Beyond Food!  Impact of Malnutrition on Neonatal and Childhood Neuro and Psychosocial Development:  Implications for Global Public Health” (download presentation)
• Jennifer Hall, Ed.D. UNI, Founder , Over the Rainbow Health & Education Services; “Brazil perspective”
• Lindsay Zylstra, 4^th year student, Central College:  “The importance of maternal zinc supplementation to reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes in Nepal” (download presentation)