The College of Agriculture at University of Basrah organized an electronic scientific workshop on functional foods and their role in promoting the health of the body
The workshop, which was presented by Dr. Alaa Muhammad Sadkhan, aimed to explain the importance of functional foods and their role in preventing infection with some diseases
The workshop included the definition of functional foods, their mechanism of action and the extent of their overlap with some other materials, as well as an explanation of the most important methods used in classifying functional foods and addressing the role of some foods in treating or preventing some chronic diseases
The workshop called for the need to raise awareness of the importance of functional foods and to promote them in a way that reflects the importance of nutritional and health value to the consumer
