Congress on Food Science and Technology

The XVIII Latin American Seminar and V National Congress on Food Science and Technology “Science and innovation, an alliance for welfare” took place from March 31^st to April 2^nd, 2014 in San José, Costa Rica. In the plenary opening session, Prof. Biesalski presented on the topic “Food Security – not only a matter of quantity”.

The Hidden Hunger Symposium was organized by the Food Security Center with the Moderator Dr. Victor Jiménez. Participants in the podium discussion were: Dr. Mary Schmidl from the University of Minnesota on “Food Security Challenges Across the Globe”, Prof. Biesalski on “Hidden Hunger – the burden of the problem and why it is hidden” and Dr. Gola from the Institute of Nutrition and Prevention on “Design and Validation of a Program to detect gaps between: Micronutrients intake and their recommended values”.