One of the purposes of the Nestle Nutrition Fund (NNF) is to foster scientific research on nutrition. With that in mind, the NNF has created the Nestle Nutrition Conference, which aims at stimulating the critic discussion of actual topics related with nutrition problems in Mexico.

The format of the conference comprises a foreign lecturer, followed by a local (national) commentator, and a general discussion. The expositions, comments, and discussions are published in the international magazine Nutrition Reviews.

The Conference takes place on a biannual basis, lasts two days, and is organized in coordination with the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiran (Salvador Zubiran National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition)

Up to now, three Nestle Nutrition Conferences have been organized: the content of the first two has been published in Nutrition Reviews, and the third one is about to be published.

Second Nestle Conference: Interrelations of genetics and nutrition: The Amerindian populations case.
Nutr Rev 1999; 57(5Pt2): s1-s83.

Content

	Foreword
	The "Thrifty Genotype" in 1998 James V.Neel, MD., Ph.D.
	Genefic Variation and Nutrition Artemis P Simopoulos, MD.
	Discussion of Lecture by Dr. Artemis P. Simopoulos
	Nutrition-Gene Interactions During Intrauterine Life and Lactation William W Hay, Jr, M.D.
	Discussion of Lecture by Dr. William Hay
	Genotype-Environment Interaction in Human Obesity Louis Pérusse, Ph.D., and Claude Bouchard, Ph.D.
	Discussion of Lecture by Dr. Louis Pérusse
	Implications of the Human Genome Project for Understanding Gene - Environment Interaction Antonio Velázquez, M.D., Ph.D., and Héctor Bourges, MD., Ph.D.
	Discussion of lecture by Drs. Antonio Velázquez and Héctor Bourges
	Lessons from Genetic Studies in Native Canadian Populations Robert A. Hegele, MD., FR. C.PC., F.A.C.P
	Joint Discussion of Lectures by Drs. Jean W. MacCluer and Robert Hegele
	Type 2 Diabetes Among the Pima Indians of Arizona: An Epidemic Attributable to Environmental Change? Peter H. Bennett, F.R. C.P.
	The Pima Indians in Sonora, Mexico Mauro E. Valencia, Ph.D., Peter H. Bennett, F.R. C.P., Eric Ravussin, Ph.D., Julian Esparza, MSc., Caroline Fox, M.D., and Leslie O. Schulz, Ph.D.
	Joint Discussion of Lectures by Drs. Peter Bennett and Mauro E. Valencia
	Genetics of Atherosclerosis Risk Factors in Mexican Americans Jean W MacCluer Ph. D., Michael P Stern, M.D., Laura Almasy, Ph. D., Larry A. Atwood, Ph.D., John Blangero, Ph.D., Anthony G Comuzzie, Ph. D., Bennett Dyke, Ph.D., Steven M Haffner, M.D., Richard D. Henkel, Ph. D., James E. Hixson, Ph. D., Candace M. Kammerer, Ph. D., Michael C. Mahaney Ph.D., Braxton D. Mitchell, Ph.D., David L. Rainwater Ph. D., Paul B. Samollow, Ph.D., R. Mark Sharp, Ph.D., John L. VandeBerg, Ph.D., and Jeff T. Williams, Ph.D.
	Genetic and Environmental Influences on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Mexican Americans Michael P. Stern, M.D.
	The Mexico City Diabetes Study: A Population-based Approach to the Study of Genefic and Environmental Interactions in the Pathogenesis of Obesity and Diabetes Clicerio Gonzalez, M.D., Michael P Stern, M.D., Elena Gonzalez, M.D., David Rivera, R. T, Jesus Simon, M.D., Sergio Islas, MD., and Steven Haffner MD.
	Joint Discussion of Lectures by Drs. Michael Stern and Clicerio González
	Obesity and Cultural Environment in the Yucatan Region Pedro Arroyo, MD., MPH., MSc., Jeannette Pardio, R.N, Victoria Fernandez, R.N., Lizardo Vargas-Ancona, M.D., Grasciliano Canul, M.D., and Alvar Loria, Ch. D.
	Discussion of Lecture by Dr. Pedro Arroyo