Education Series—Exploring Global Opportunities in the Weight Management Market

INSIDER Education Series

Weight management continues to be a hot draw in the nutraceutical industry, and INSIDER’s free Webinar provides details on growth opportunities and ingredients with clinical substantiation to help penetrate the market. Frost & Sullivan will share insights on the global weight management market, including forecasts on market potential. Learn more about the market challenges, drivers and restraints impacting the development and marketing of products incorporating ingredients for satiety, appetite suppression, thermogenesis and mood regulation. Also, Dr. Frederic Vagnini, M.D., will provide a scientific look of the ingredients he has found most effective in managing weight clinically, including some of the hottest branded compounds on the market.

 Speakers:

Christopher Shanahan is a food industry analyst with the Frost & Sullivan’s North America Chemicals, Materials & Foods Practice. Since joining Frost & Sullivan, Shanahan has helped companies gain impartial insight into the food ingredient and specialty chemical industries through custom and syndicated research. Prior to joining Frost & Sullivan, Shanahan was a fellow and research associate at the Ohio State University’s Agricultural Economics Department. He brings with him econometric-based market analysis, behavioral economics and agbusiness statistical benefit-cost analysis. He has experience in market forecasting, market scenario engineering, product innovation diffusion and technology adoption analysis and developing business strategy decision models. Shanahan received acclaim for his research in the Review of Agricultural Economics journal, Agribusiness and the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association Review. He has also been cited by the Associated Press, USA Today, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Fox Business News and Food Navigator. In addition, he has spoken at various trade shows, including Supply Side West, Focus on the Future, and the International Poultry and Feed Expo.

Fred Vagnini, M.D., FACS, is the medical director of the Heart, Diabetes and Weight Loss Centers of New York. He is a board certified cardiovascular surgeon whose understanding of the ravages of cardiovascular diseases is grounded in20 years as a cardiac surgeon. Today, his practice is dedicated to preventing these diseases through nutrition, lifestyle counseling and health education. His popular call-in show, “The Heart Show”, on WOR-710 (N.Y.) every Sunday is a mix of sound health maintenance advice and humor that has attracted regular listeners is the tens of thousands. Vagnini’s commitment to health education is further evidenced by his several published books, his most recent being, “Weight Loss Plan for Beating Diabetes” and the upcoming book, “Breaking the Glycation Connection”. Vagnini received his medical degree from St. Louis University Medical School, followed by specialty training at Downstate and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Centers, New York. He also served in the U.S. Army at the rank of lieutenant colonel. He is an assistant professor of surgery at Long Island Jewish/North Shore University Medical Center on Long Island.



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