Dr Nisak has attended the 2019 ILSI Annual Meeting in Clearwater Florida, from 7-13th January 2019.

The main focus of the meeting is to understand new food safety and nutrition science as well as determine areas where ILSI can have an impact on public health. At this meeting, she has made an oral and poster presentations.

Other presentations from the renowned speakers around the world can be retrieved here: http://ilsi.org/event/2019-ilsi-annual-meeting/

The presentation highlights the importance role of nutrition in diabetes. It explores various challenges and proposes the best model of nutrition therapy.

The webinar was organised by Malaysian Endocrine and Metabolic Society (MEMS) and supported by Nestle Health Sciences. The webinar delighted to present four guest speakers including Dr Zanariah (Hospital Putrajaya), Professor Rohana (UiTM), Dr Luqman (UM) and Associate Prof Dr Barakatun Nisak Mohd Yusof (UPM) and the moderated by Prof Dato Mafauzy (USM).

The topic of the webinar explored the Background of Ramadan and Diabetes followed with the Importance of pre-Ramadan education, Ramadan Nutrition Plan and Medication adjustments. It was attended by 780 healthcare professionals and received good feedback.

This presentation explores the role of low carbs diet mainly dietary protein in managing type 2 diabetes.