NUTS 2022 Conference Summary
“Where we are and where we are going in Research”.
Reus, 20-21, October 2022
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
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NUTS, ENERGY BALANCE AND BODY WEIGHT (1h30′)
Chairs: Joan Sabaté & Jordi Salas-Salvadó
Energy availability of nuts. David J Baer, USA.
Nuts, appetite, satiety and mechanisms of energy balance. Michelle Dalton, UK & Graham Finlayson, UK.
Nuts and body weight: evidence from epidemiologic studies and clinical trials. Frank Hu, USA.
NUTS, INSULIN RESISTANCE AND DIABETES (1h30′)
Chairs: Frank Hu & Anoop Misra
Nuts and diabetes prevention: Cohort studies and clinical trials. Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Spain.
Nuts and insulin resistance and diabetes management: clinical trials. Cyril Kendall, Canada.
Effect of nuts on insulin resistance and glycemic control: possible mechanisms. David Jenkins, Canada.
NUTS, LIPOPROTEINS, DYSLIPIDEMIA (1h)
Chairs: Emilio Ros & Linda Tapsell
Effect of nuts on the lipid profile and lipoprotein particle number and size: mechanisms. Penny Kris-Etherton, USA.
Lipid effects of nuts: clinical trials and cohort studies. Marta Guasch-Ferré, USA.
NUTS AND THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM (1h)
Chairs: John Sievenpiper & Crystal Haskell-Ramsay
Bioavailability of nut phytochemicals. Giuseppina Mandalari, Italy.
Nut consumption and gut microbiota: effects and metabolic consequences. David J Baer, USA.
NUTS, INFLAMMATION AND OXIDATION (1h)
Chairs: Penny Kris-Etherton & Aleix Sala-Vila
Importance of fat and antioxidants in nuts on inflammation and oxidative stress. Differences among nut types. Nágila R T Damasceno, Brazil.
Effect of nuts on biomarkers of oxidation and inflammation: evidence from cohort studies and clinical trials. Sujatha Rajaram, USA.
NUTS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE OUTCOMES (1h)
Chairs: Heinz Freisling & Noushin Mohammadifard
Nuts consumption and cardiac endpoints (MI, atrial fibrillation and heart failure) and mortality. John Sievenpiper, Canada.
.Nut consumption, stroke and peripheral artery disease. Dagfinn Aune, Norway.
NUT CONSUMPTION, AGEING AND COGNITION (1h)
Chairs: Joan Sabaté & Stephanie Nishi
Nuts and brain health in adolescents. Jordi Júlvez, Spain.
Effects of nuts on cognitive decline and dementia. Emilio Ros, Spain.
Nut consumption and ageing: possible mechanisms. Aleix Sala-Vila, Spain.
NUTS, DRIED FRUITS AND CANCER (1h)
Chairs: Cyril Kendall
Nuts consumption and cancer incidence and mortality. Heinz Freisling, France.
Dried fruit consumption and cancer. Bradley Bolling, USA.
DRIED FRUIT AND HEALTH (1h)
Chairs: David Jenkins & Marta Guasch-Ferré
Dried fruits for cardiometabolic health. Penny Kris-Etherton, USA.
Dried fruits: bioactives, bioavailability and gastrointestinal health. Cesarettin Alsalvar, Turkey.
NOVEL LINES OF RESEARCH (1h30′)
Chairs: Jordi Salas-Salvadó & Cesarettin Alasalvar
Nuts and reproductive health. Albert Salas-Huetos, USA.
Nuts consumption and environmental sustainability. Joan Sabaté, USA.
Nuts as components of healthy dietary patterns. Linda Tapsell, Australia.