FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria holds 10th nutrition seminar
FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC held its 10th annual nutrition seminar tagged “Physical Growth and Brain Development of the Nigerian Child: The Challenge of Our Time” on Friday, August 21, 2015 in Lagos. Key speakers at the seminar were renowned Professor of Pediatrics and President Pediatrics Association of Nigeria Prof Adebiyi Olowu; and Dr Anne Schaafsma, Senior Scientist, Global Nutrition Development, Friesland Campina Innovation Centre, The Netherlands. The speakers presented research papers on the importance of nutrition for the optimum brain development of a child. According to them, brain development and mental health of a child is essential and it should never be neAglected. The first five years of development of a child is crucial and represents the period the child significantly needs essential nutrients that support overall brain development, especially Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). From left, the Managing Director, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Mr. Rahul Co