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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