PROGRAM
TUESDAY MARCH 4
WELCOME ADDRESS 8:00-8:30 a.m.
PLENARY LECTURE
8:30-9:20 a.m.
Diet, nutrients and cancer prevention: The Nutrigenomics Era
Chair: Joan Sabaté
David Heber
SYMPOSIA
9:40-11:10 a.m.
Plant-based diets and cancer
Chair: Johanna Lampe
- Diet patterns, plant foods and cancer risk: New epidemiological findings and strategies for future
Tim Key
- Reducing recurrence in breast cancer survivors with plant foods
John Pierce
- Inter individual differences in response to plant-based diets – Implications for cancer risk
Johanna Lampe
11:20-12:20 a.m.
Plant versus marine n-3 polyunsaturated fat
Chair: David Jenkins
- Walnuts versus fatty fish and cardiovascular risk factors
Sujatha Rajaram
- α-linolenic acid and prostate cancer
Joel Simon
LUNCH 12:20-2:00 p.m.
DEBATE
2:00-3:20 p.m.
Do vegetarians have to eat fish for optimal cardiovascular protection?
Moderator: David Jenkins
Debators: Alexander Leaf, Iqwal Mangat
SYMPOSIA
3:40-5:40 p.m.
Current issues on soy
Chair: Mark Messina
- Is isoflavone metabolism the key to the efficacy of soy foods?
Johanna Lampe
- Health implications of soy infant formula
Thomas Badger
- Making sense of the soy and breast cancer relationship
Mark Messina
- Soy ferritin: implications for iron status of vegetarians
Bo Lönnerdal
POSTER SESSION
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Poster Category 1: Nutritional Epidemiology (6:30-7:15 p.m.) Authors present
Poster Category 2: Nutrition Education (6:30-7:15 p.m.) Authors present
Poster Category 3: Clinical Nutrition (7:15-8:00 p.m.) Authors present
Poster Category 4: Nutrition & Chronic Disease (7:15-8:00 p.m.) Authors present
Poster Category 5: Nutritional Assessment (7:15-8:00 p.m.) Authors present
Poster Category 6: Nutrients/Phytochemicals (7:15-8:00 p.m.) Authors present
Poster Category 7: Others (7:15-8:00 p.m.) Authors present
CONGRESS RECEPTION
6:30-8:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 5
PLENARY LECTURE
8:00-8:50 a.m.
Vegetarian Diets and Health Outcomes: What we know and where do we go from here?
Chair: Synnove Knutsen
Gary Fraser
SYMPOSIA
8:50-11:10 a.m.
Nutritional and Health Status of Vegetarians
Chair: Winston Craig
- The pros and cons of vegan diets
Winston Craig
- Health status of vegetarians: An update
Tim Key
- Nutritional status of different vegetarian populations: opportunities and challenges
Panelists: Pramil Singh, Julio Acosta-Navarro, Peter Clarys
SYMPOSIA
11:10-12:40 a.m.
Plant-based diets, obesity and diabetes
Chair: Sujatha Rajaram
- Effective vegetarian diets for weight loss and glycemic control: A high vegetable protein diet perspective
David Jenkins
- Effective vegetarian diets for weight loss and glycemic control: A low-fat vegan diet perspective
Neal Barnard
- Plant foods and plant-based diets: Protective against obesity?
P.K. Newby
LUNCH 12:40-2:20 p.m.
SIMULTANEOUS SESSION
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Session 1 - Nutritional Epidemiology
Chair: Bert Connell; Co-Chair: Larry Beeson
SYMPOSIA
2:20-4:20 p.m.
Plant based diets - Nutritional perspective and non-nutritional perspectives
Chair: Ella Haddad
- Predicting serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels
Jacqueline Chan
- Cultural aspects of vegetarian eating
Susanne Montgomery
- Vegetarian Nutrition: Intended and actual effects
Ingrid Hoffmann,
Katharina Bernsmeier, Lena Wagner
- Vitamin B-12 and homocysteine status among vegetarians- A global perspective
Ibrahim Elmadfa
DEBATE
4:40-5:50 p.m.
Dairy foods - Should they be part of a healthy vegetarian diet?
Moderator: Joan Sabaté
Debators:
Connie Weaver, Walter Willett
CONGRESS BANQUET 7:00 p.m.
THURSDAY MARCH 6
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2
7:45-9:00 a.m.
Session 2A - Nutrition & Chronic Disease
Chair: Serena Tonstad; Co-Chair: Stoyan Grakov
Session 2B - Nutritional Status
Chair: Ingrid Hoffamnn; Co-Chair: Kathryn Knecht
SYMPOSIA
9:10-11:00 a.m.
Food based versus nutrient based dietary guidelines
Chair: David Jacobs
- Food not nutrient is the fundamental unit in nutrition
David Jacobs
- PANEL: How to better position vegetarian diets in the upcoming dietary guidelines
Moderator: David Jacobs
Panelists: Victor Fulgoni, Kathryn Greaves, Ella Haddad, Amy Lanou
SYMPOSIA
11:20 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Plant based diets and aging
Chair James Joseph
- Epidemiological perspective on aging, longevity and plant based diets
Walter Willett
- Role of antioxidants from berries and other sources in brain aging and diseases associated with aging
James Joseph
- Diet restriction versus diet selection: A convergence of concepts
Donald Ingram
LUNCH 12:40-2:20 p.m.
SYMPOSIA
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Current issues on nuts
Chair: Michelle Wien
- Nuts and health - Epidemiological perspective: What's new?
Joan Sabaté
- Nuts and newer cardiovascular disease risk factors
Emilio Ros
- Nuts, metabolic syndrome and diabetes
Cyril Kendall
3:50-5:20 p.m.
Climate change and food production - Dietary choices
Chair: Sam Soret; Co-Chair: Seth Wiafe
- Environmental impacts of food production and post-production of meat and plant-based diets
Hal Marlow
- Potential contribution of food consumption patterns to climate change
Annika Carlsson-Kanyama
- The prospects of food production (and consumption) in the context of global climate change
Gidon Eshel
CONGRESS CONCLUDES 5:30 p.m.
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