On day 3 of 9th Nutra India Summit - India’s flagship event for the Nutrition, Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods & Dietary Supplements Industry, featured “MORNING MANTRA” where-in a KEYNOTE SESSION was chaired by Dr. Ajit Kumar, IAS, Vice Chancellor, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, (NIFTEM).
The other Keynote Speaker were, Dr. Rickey Yada, President Elect, International Union of Food Science & Technology (IUFoST); Professor, Canada Research Chair in Food Protein Structure; Scientific Director, Advanced Foods and Materials Canada (AFM Canada); Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada., “The role of nutraceuticals, functional foods and other technologies in addressing food/nutrition security: a Canadian perspective.”
Dr. Yada began his talk speaking on Food Security which “exist when all people at all times have both physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs for active and healthy life” as defined by the FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) of the United Nations (UN).”
Further he said, “The challenges faced in the food security are increase in global population, climatic changes, shortage of potable water, loss of arable land due to urbanization, increase in the wastage of food, and food related issues like malnutrition and obesity. The population has increased from 4.4 billion to 6.1 billion during 1980-2000 and it has projected to reach 9 billion by 2050. The food production in the world has increased by 50% during 1980-2000 and there was a decrease in the arable land by 75% in Central America.”
“There were statistics displayed on food versus fuel from period of Jan 2003 to Jan 2013 and also on the malnutrition worldwide which showed that there was a total population of 868 million people around the world who were suffering from malnutrition, where south Asia topped with a population of 304million followed by sub-Sahara Africa with 234million, Eastern Asia with 167million and Oceana countries with population of 1million.” he added.
Speaking on obesity, he said, "there are 500 million people around the world who are obese, whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is 30 or more. And if the BMI value was to be taken 25 or more then there would be additional 1.5billion people who would fall in the category of obesity. Malnutrition is a global issue where 3.5trillion dollars are required which is 5% of the global GDP."
“In 2011, Canadian population saw an increase in 50% of citizen aged above 65years which was more than that of the children between 0-14 years (0.5% increase) and between age group of 14-64 years. 40-70% of the chronic disease are related to poor intake of diet and studies show that intake of quality diet predicts longevity and good quality of life. The poor intake of food could be due to many reasons like, reduced physical capability, restricted income, food apathy, cognitive impairment, medication use, decrease in efficient utilization of food etc.” he explained.
Further he said, “The challenges for designing food for the older people were that the quality of the nutrient was important and there was a increase in the need for micronutrients (vitamin B6, B12) and the sensory changes are not uniform across the entire older population, so there was a challenge on how to prepare/design food to meet all the needs of the older adults.”
“The deficiency of minerals and nutrients was another serious issue where around 200,000-500,000 children have Vitamin A deficiency, which leads to blindness every year and there were 30% of people who have Iron deficiency. So, Canada came up with a solution and won a grant to develop Iron tea. And the University of Guelph, Canada came up with a idea and developed a Iron fish which is a device which could be added in boiling water so which the iron mineral would reach the individual.” he added.
Speaking on the consumption of meat worldwide, he said, “there will be increase in the consumption of protein (meat) from 233million tons from the year 2000 to 300million tons by 2020 and consumption of milk will increase from 568 million tons (2000) to 700 million tons 2020. Also pictures were shown the process of nanocapsulation for delivering of nutrients like vitamins and minerals. Techniques like Solar Dehydration (which is a very simple technique) and Vacuum Microwave drying (a costly affair) can be used to address the wastage of food.”
For more information on Nutra India Summit, visit: http://www.nutraindiasummit.in
The other Keynote Speaker were, Dr. Rickey Yada, President Elect, International Union of Food Science & Technology (IUFoST); Professor, Canada Research Chair in Food Protein Structure; Scientific Director, Advanced Foods and Materials Canada (AFM Canada); Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada., “The role of nutraceuticals, functional foods and other technologies in addressing food/nutrition security: a Canadian perspective.”
Dr. Yada began his talk speaking on Food Security which “exist when all people at all times have both physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs for active and healthy life” as defined by the FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) of the United Nations (UN).”
Further he said, “The challenges faced in the food security are increase in global population, climatic changes, shortage of potable water, loss of arable land due to urbanization, increase in the wastage of food, and food related issues like malnutrition and obesity. The population has increased from 4.4 billion to 6.1 billion during 1980-2000 and it has projected to reach 9 billion by 2050. The food production in the world has increased by 50% during 1980-2000 and there was a decrease in the arable land by 75% in Central America.”
“There were statistics displayed on food versus fuel from period of Jan 2003 to Jan 2013 and also on the malnutrition worldwide which showed that there was a total population of 868 million people around the world who were suffering from malnutrition, where south Asia topped with a population of 304million followed by sub-Sahara Africa with 234million, Eastern Asia with 167million and Oceana countries with population of 1million.” he added.
Speaking on obesity, he said, "there are 500 million people around the world who are obese, whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is 30 or more. And if the BMI value was to be taken 25 or more then there would be additional 1.5billion people who would fall in the category of obesity. Malnutrition is a global issue where 3.5trillion dollars are required which is 5% of the global GDP."
“In 2011, Canadian population saw an increase in 50% of citizen aged above 65years which was more than that of the children between 0-14 years (0.5% increase) and between age group of 14-64 years. 40-70% of the chronic disease are related to poor intake of diet and studies show that intake of quality diet predicts longevity and good quality of life. The poor intake of food could be due to many reasons like, reduced physical capability, restricted income, food apathy, cognitive impairment, medication use, decrease in efficient utilization of food etc.” he explained.
Further he said, “The challenges for designing food for the older people were that the quality of the nutrient was important and there was a increase in the need for micronutrients (vitamin B6, B12) and the sensory changes are not uniform across the entire older population, so there was a challenge on how to prepare/design food to meet all the needs of the older adults.”
“The deficiency of minerals and nutrients was another serious issue where around 200,000-500,000 children have Vitamin A deficiency, which leads to blindness every year and there were 30% of people who have Iron deficiency. So, Canada came up with a solution and won a grant to develop Iron tea. And the University of Guelph, Canada came up with a idea and developed a Iron fish which is a device which could be added in boiling water so which the iron mineral would reach the individual.” he added.
Speaking on the consumption of meat worldwide, he said, “there will be increase in the consumption of protein (meat) from 233million tons from the year 2000 to 300million tons by 2020 and consumption of milk will increase from 568 million tons (2000) to 700 million tons 2020. Also pictures were shown the process of nanocapsulation for delivering of nutrients like vitamins and minerals. Techniques like Solar Dehydration (which is a very simple technique) and Vacuum Microwave drying (a costly affair) can be used to address the wastage of food.”
For more information on Nutra India Summit, visit: http://www.nutraindiasummit.in
