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SENATOR GEORGE MCGOVERN CONFIRMED AS NUTRITION WEEK 2002 KEYNOTE SPEAKER


	Dateline: January 3, 2001 ... San Diego, CA
	Contact Name: Gregg H. Talley, NW Conference Mgr.
	Contact Phone: (856) 423-7222 x 218
	Web Address: http://www.nutritionweek.org


SAN DIEGO, CA - January 3, 2001 - In a perfect marriage of the man, 
the topic, the times and the audience, attendees at the 2002 Nutrition 
Week Conference will hear former Senator George McGovern deliver the 
opening keynote address on Saturday, February 23, 2002. Throughout his 
career, Sen. McGovern has focused on nutrition, food and hunger at 
home and around the world.

In 1960, President Kennedy appointed him the first Director of the 
Food for Peace Program. In 1977, the Dietary Goals for the United 
States was published by the McGovern Senate Select Committee, which 
highlighted the potential contribution of high fat and sugar 
consumption to the development of obesity, heart disease and other 
chronic diseases afflicting the health of Americans. He was also 
involved in planning the first White House Conference on Nutrition and 
the subsequent development of the Women's Infants and Children's 
nutrition program (WIC). Sen. McGovern has served as the Ambassador to 
the Food and Agricultural Organization of the U.N. and, as of December 
2001, he will be the United Nations Global Hunger Ambassador, as 
appointed by Secretary Thompson. 

"McGovern has been a leader in bringing people together to address the 
complex issues of hunger and nutrition. There couldn't be a more 
appropriate speaker for the first Nutrition Week, which brings 
together a wide range of nutrition organizations for the first time," 
says Steve Heymsfield, MD of St. Lukes/Roosevelt, Columbia and a 
member of the Convenor Council.

Nutrition Week, a Scientific and Clinical Forum and Exposition, is 
scheduled for February 23-27 in San Diego, CA. The event combines the 
26th Clinical Congress of the American Society for Parenteral and 
Enteral Nutrition, the 2002 Annual Meeting of the North American 
Association for the Study of Obesity, with scientific contributions 
from the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, the American College 
of Nutrition and six other nutrition related professional 
organizations. With over 65 symposia on nutrition related topics and 
528 original abstract presentations, Nutrition Week is a unique event 
for clinicians, researchers, nutrition support professionals, nurses, 
pharmacists and nutritionists.

For more information, visit http://www.nutritionweek.org