Please distribute to others who may be interested... You are hereby invited to a seminar in our tenth interdisciplinary series on Evolution, Complexity and Cognition <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108> (ECCO 2014-2015)
Time: Friday October 10, 14h-16h Place: *room **D.3.10 * ------------------------------ Aging, nutrition and health Kris Verburgh <http://www.krisverburgh.com/> (CLEA) Abstract: Why do we age? What is the role of nutrition in the aging process and in aging-associated diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes or dementia? During this lecture we explore the latest insights into aging and how we can reduce the risk of various aging-associated diseases through nutrition. Kris Verburgh also explains his new food model, the food hourglass, that can help to make healthy food choices to reduce the risk of aging-related diseases. Bio: Kris Verburgh is a medical doctor and researcher at the *Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies *(CLEA) at the Free University of Brussels. Dr. Verburgh’s fields of research are aging, nutrition, metabolism and health. Kris Verburgh researches how insights from the field of biogerontology (the science of aging) can be used in medicine to address aging-related diseases like cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases and to assess the efficacy of nutritional, pharmacological and exercise interventions aimed at increasing healthy life span. ------------------------------ Upcoming Seminars *Oct. 17 * Evo Busseniers *Different ways of control* *Oct. 24 * Lotzi Bölöni *An autobiographical approach to cognition* *Oct. 31 * TBA *Nov. 7 * Harry Halpin and Smári McCarthy *Nov. 14 * Lotte van Lith *Nov. 21 * Ivo Velitchkov *Requisite Inefficiency* *Nov. 28* Jerome C. Glenn *The Global Futures Intelligence System* *Dec. 5 * Petter Braathen *Linking Complexity Science and Strategic Management* *Dec. 12 * Ben Collins *The Internet of Places/ The Future of Brands* *Dec. 19 * Jeanne Dietsch *Interactions of emotion, rationality, faith and institutions on the outcomes of trust* See also the ECCO/GBI calendar <https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=azMyN252aWluM2JoMnU3MXY5OGt2ZzliOGdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ> . You can add this calendar to your calendar application through here <https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/k327nviin3bh2u71v98kvg9b8g%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics> More info about the ECCO seminar program: http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108 -- Evo Evo Busseniers - Seminar Coordinator ECCO Group (VUB) <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/1> Email: [email protected] Website: http://vub.academia.edu/EvoBusseniers <http://be.linkedin.com/in/weaver9/>
