The 20th International Taurine Meeting Taurine and Brain Health program and abstracts may 23-27, 2016 The Plaza Hotel Seoul, korea by the Organizing Committee of the 20

Effects of Taurine on Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition

Chairperson: Stephen Schaffer (University of South Alabama, USA) & Kyung Ja Chang (Inha University, Korea)

9:00 - 9:25 Oral Presentation 11

Is the lower taurine levels in the white adipose tissue of the obese mice ameliorated by endurance training?

Ohmori H¹, Yamamoto D¹, Ebina K¹, Ishikura K², Komine S¹, Miyazaki T³, Ono T¹, Miyakawa S<sup>1

1</sup>University of Tsukuba, Japan; ²Sojo University, Japan; ³Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Japan

9:25 - 9:50 Oral Presentation 12

Taurine intake with magnesium reduces cardiometabolic risks

Yukio Yamori¹, Miki Sagara², Yoshimi Arai³, Hitomi Kobayashi³, Kazumi Kishimoto³, Ikuko Matsuno³, Hideki Mori¹, Mari Mori¹

¹Institute for World Health Development, Mukogawa Women’s University, Nishinomiya, Japan; ²Laboratory of Preventive Nutritional Medicine, Research Institute for Production and Development, Kyoto, Japan; ³Hyogo Prefecture Health Promotion Association, Kobe, Japan

9:50 – 10:15 Oral Presentation 13

Comparison of toxicity of taurine and GABA in combination with alcohol in 7-day-old mice

Andrey G. Taranukhin¹, Pirjo Saransaari¹, Kalervo Kiianmaa², Teemu Gunnar³ and Simo S. Oja¹

¹Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, ²Department of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, ³Alcohol and Drug Analytics Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

10:15 – 10:35 Coffee Break

10:35 - 12:00 Session IX