2009 Press Releases
Vitamin D and Health: The Sunshine Vitamin Stepping out of the Shadows?
13.02.2009
Prolonged and severe clinical vitamin D deficiency leads to bone disorders.
13.02.2009
Prolonged and severe clinical vitamin D deficiency leads to bone disorders.
In the next lecture of the Annual College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) Public Lecture Series at UCC, Professor Kevin Cashman will review the growing body of evidence which suggests that low vitamin D status may be associated with increased risk of a wide range of other chronic diseases, including tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel diseases, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and certain cancers. With this in mind, it is of concern that a high prevalence of low vitamin D status has been reported in children, adults and elderly from many countries, including Ireland.
The reasons for low vitamin D status as well as strategies for improving the vitamin D status will be reviewed by Professor Cashman in his lecture titled “Vitamin D and Health: The Sunshine Vitamin Stepping out of the Shadows?” Professor Cashman will deliver the lecture on Wednesday, February 18th 2009 at 8.00 pm in Boole IV Lecture Theatre.
Kevin Cashman is Professor of Food and Health and Head of the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences at UCC. He has a BSc and PhD in Nutrition from UCC as well as having spent time in the USDA Human Nutrition Centre on Aging at Tufts University in Boston. He has presented and published widely in the area of diet and bone health.
The SEFS Annual Public Lecture Series is organised by Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer, SEFS. The series of lectures will run weekly until Wednesday, March 25th. Full details of the lectures can be consulted by visiting website http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/pages/SEFS_LectureSeries_2009.pdf
All the lectures will be filmed and the films will be posted on the UCC Public Understanding of Science website http://understandingscience.ucc.ie The 2007 and 2008 Public Lectures are already posted on this website.
Admission to the lectures is free, and as always, members of the public are invited to attend.
Picture: Professor Kevin Cashman
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The reasons for low vitamin D status as well as strategies for improving the vitamin D status will be reviewed by Professor Cashman in his lecture titled “Vitamin D and Health: The Sunshine Vitamin Stepping out of the Shadows?” Professor Cashman will deliver the lecture on Wednesday, February 18th 2009 at 8.00 pm in Boole IV Lecture Theatre.
Kevin Cashman is Professor of Food and Health and Head of the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences at UCC. He has a BSc and PhD in Nutrition from UCC as well as having spent time in the USDA Human Nutrition Centre on Aging at Tufts University in Boston. He has presented and published widely in the area of diet and bone health.
The SEFS Annual Public Lecture Series is organised by Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer, SEFS. The series of lectures will run weekly until Wednesday, March 25th. Full details of the lectures can be consulted by visiting website http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/pages/SEFS_LectureSeries_2009.pdf
All the lectures will be filmed and the films will be posted on the UCC Public Understanding of Science website http://understandingscience.ucc.ie The 2007 and 2008 Public Lectures are already posted on this website.
Admission to the lectures is free, and as always, members of the public are invited to attend.
Picture: Professor Kevin Cashman
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