AMSA has announced that Dr. Teresa Davis will be the featured speaker in the keynote symposium entitled “Nutritional Importance of Animal Protein in the Diet,” during the 74th AMSA Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) hybrid meeting. This session, sponsored by Smithfield Foods, will take place on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada.
Dr. Teresa Davis, Professor of Pediatrics at the USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) at Baylor College of Medicine and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University, will kick off the last day of the conference with her talk titled “Nutritional Importance of Animal Protein in the Diet.” In 2018, 97% of the population consumed animal protein, making it a staple among the world’s diet. Proteins are the building blocks of all tissues in the body and support the growth and development of children, maintenance of muscle mass in adults, and good health for all. In this presentation Dr. Davis will share the importance of animal protein in the diet and the advantages of consuming animal sourced foods at all stages of life will be discussed. Additionally, some of the common misunderstandings about animal sourced foods will be addressed.