NUTS2025 PROGRAMME
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| Thursday, October 9th, 2025 |
09:00 – 09:30 – OPENING SESSION
09:30- 11:00 – NUTS AND METABOLIC HEALTH (1h30)
Moderators: Emilio Ros (Spain) & Jordi Salas-Salvadó (Spain)
– Nut consumption and effect on diabetes: New horizons. Viswanathan Mohan, India.
– From Nuts to Numbers: Evidence Linking Nut Consumption to Cardiometabolic Health in U.S. Populations. Shilpa Bhupathiraju, USA.
– Nuts for improving diet quality. Alison Coates, Australia.
11:00 – 11:30 – COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 13:00 – NUTS AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH (1h30)
Moderators: Shilpa Bhupathiraju (USA) & Viswanathan Mohan (India)
– Nut consumption and CVD outcomes infrequently assessed (Heart failure, atrial fibrillation, peripheral artery disease, stroke subtypes). Gang Liu, China.
– Nuts and blood pressure. Noushin Mohammadifard, Iran,
– Effects of nuts on vascular function. Emilio Ros, Spain.
13:00 – 14:00 – LUNCH
14:00 – 15:30 – NUTS FOR A LIFECOURSE APPROACH (1h30)
Moderators: Stephanie Nishi (Canada) & Sangeetha Shyam (India/Malaysia)
– Nut consumption and reproductive health. Albert Salas-Huetos, Spain.
– Nut consumption and biomarkers of ageing. Patrizia Mecocci, Italy.
– Nut intake during pregnancy and child cognitive development until adolescence. Jordi Julvez, Spain.
15:30 – 16:30 – NUT AND IMMUNE SYSTEM (1h)
Moderators: Marta Guasch-Ferré (Denmark) & Kristina S Petersen (USA)
– Nuts and immune function. Joan Sabaté, USA.
– Nuts and allergies: fighting the problem. Irene Bartha, UK
16:30 – 18:00 – RETURN TO THE HOTEL AND FREE TIME
18:00 – 19:15 – GUIDED SOCIAL TOUR – UNESCO World Heritage Historic City Center Tour, Tarragona
19:45 – PICK UP FROM THE HOTEL FOR THE GALA DINNER
20:00 -22:00 – GALA DINNER IN CASA JOAN MIRET (TARRAGONA)
| Friday, October 10th, 2025 |
09:00 – 10:15 – NOVEL LINES OF RESEARCH (1h15)
Moderators: Jordi Salas-Salvadó (Spain) & Cyril Kendall (Canada)
– The Nutpool World Epidemiologic Study. Marta Guasch-Ferré, Denmark.
– Proposal of two research collaborative studies for the future: opportunities and how to obtain funding. John Sievenpiper & Laura Chiavaroli, Canada.
10:15 – 11:15 – Panel Discussion: Possible health claims in Europe, USA or Canada – Future directions (1h)
Moderators: John Sievenpiper (Canada) & Joan Sabaté (USA)
– Experience from Europe. Hans Verhagen, Netherlands.
– Experience from USA. Paula Trumbo, USA
11:15 – 11:45 – COFFEE BREAK
11:45 – 12:15 – DRIED FRUITS AND BONE HEALTH (30 min)
Moderators: Vasanti Malik (Canada) & Jordi Salas-Salvadó (Spain).
– Dried fruits and bone health: current evidence and future directions. Mary Jane De Souza, USA.
12:15 – 13:15 – LASTEST DEVELOPMENTS IN NUT CONSUMPTION (1h)
Moderators: Marta Guasch-Ferré (Denmark) & John Sievenpiper (Canada)
– Biomarkers of nut consumption. Catalina Cuparencu, Denmark.
– Nut consumption and gut microbial metabolism. Kristina S Petersen, USA.
13:15 – 14:15PM – LUNCH
14:15 – 15:45 – NUTS AND SUSTAINABILITY (1h30)
Moderators: Joan Sabaté (USA) & Emilio Ros (Spain).
– The sustainability of diets high in nuts compared with diets high in other sources of protein. Vasanti Malik, Canada.
– Upcycling nut coproducts for food and nutraceutical applications. Cesarettin Alasalvar, Turkey.
15:45 – 17:15 – NUTS AND BRAIN (1h30)
Moderators: Cyril Kendall (Canada) & Jiaqi Ni (China).
– Nut consumption, brain function and cognition. Peter Joris, The Netherlands.
– Nuts, cognitive performance and impairment. Changzheng Yuan, China.
– Nut consumption, anxiety and depression. Stephanie Nishi, Canada.
17:15 – 17:30 – CONCLUDING REMARKS
17:30 – 20:00 – RETURN TO THE HOTEL AND FREE TIME
20:00 – 22:00 – FAREWELL COCKTAIL AND DINNER IN HOTEL H10 IMPERIAL TARRACO (TARRAGONA)