The School of Pharmacy of the University of Navarra is hosting this week the XVI meeting of the Spanish Society of Nutrition (SEÑ). The meeting, organized by the department of Physiology and Food, will be attended by some 250 experts in the scientific, academic and professional fields. "Nutrition and exercise: vital healthy binomial" is the motto of a program that will address the following topics: food and sports, physical activity and health, healthy behaviors, nutrition and lifestyle, per diem expenses Mediterranean and health.

The symposium, which will take place from July 3 to 5, will be inaugurated by Yolanda Barcina, president of the Government of Navarra, on Thursday, July 3, at 3:30 pm. The event will be followed by the inaugural lecture, on rules and regulations anti-doping, given by José Antonio Casajús, Full Professor of Physical Activity and Health at the University of Zaragoza. The president of the SEÑ Ángel Gil, Full Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Granada, and the president of the meeting Alfredo Martínez, Full Professor of Nutrition of the University of Navarra, will act as moderators.

The program also includes posters and papers on physical activity in the life cycle, proper nutrition for fitness and ergogenic aids in sport. There will also be a session on self-management of physical activity and a workshop on sports nutrition. The closing lecture , "Medical care of an elite cyclist", will be given at position by José Calabuig, cardiologist of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra.

Other participants in the congress will be the vice-president of the SEÑ Luis Moreno, Full Professor of Methodology of research of the University of Zaragoza and specialist in childhood obesity, and Ascensión Marcos, expert in Immunonutrition of the high school of Science and Technology of Food and Nutrition of the CSIC.

Scientific conglomerate in the field of nutrition

The celebration of the XVI meeting of the Spanish Society of Nutrition also includes other scientific meetings. During these days, the 8th conference of update in Nutrition of the University of Navarra will take place and, by videoconference, the sessions will be broadcast as part of the XXIII European Summer Courses of the University of the Basque Country in San Sebastian. In turn, the meeting will host the II conference of Young Researchers in Nutrition on July 2 and 3. 

Sports nutrition

On Saturday Iñaki Perurena will show a video and explain the technique and the physical-nutritional implications of stone lifting. This will be followed by a workshop to create"The 'Wellness' Center at home", which will be followed by the last session with professionals from the high performing Center of Sant Cugat del Vallés, Athletic Club de Fútbol de Bilbao and Sociedad Cultural Deportiva Recreativa Anaitasuna.