NUTS2025 PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME – (03/03/2025)
| Thursday, October 9th, 2025 |
09:30 – 10:00M – OPENING SESSION
10:00 – 11:30AM – NUTS AND METABOLIC HEALTH (1h30)
Moderators: Emilio Ros & Jordi Salas-Salvadó.
– Nuts and food intake regulation, metabolizable energy, and body weight control: New opportunities. David J Baer, USA.
– Nut consumption and diabetes control: New horizons. Viswanathan Mohan, India.
– Role of plant-derived unsaturated fatty acids in cardiovascular health: the case of nuts. Frank Hu, USA.
11:30 – 12:00AM – COFFEE BREAK
12:00 – 13:30PM – NUTS AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH (1h30)
Moderators: Frank Hu & Viswanathan Mohan.
– Nut consumption and CVD outcomes infrequently assessed (Hearth 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.
13:30 – 14:30PM – LUNCH
14:30 – 16:00PM –NUTS FOR A LIFECOURSE APPROACH (1h30)
Moderators: Stephanie Nishi & Sangeetha Shyam.
– Nut consumption and reproductive health. Albert Salas-Huetos, Spain.
– Nut consumption and biomarkers of ageing. Patrizia Mecocci, Italy.
– Nuts for improving diet quality. Alison Coates, Australia.
16:00 – 16:30PM – COFFEE BREAK
16:30 – 18:00PM – NUTS AND SUSTAINABILITY (1h30)
Moderators: Joan Sabaté & Emilio Ros.
– Nut consumption and planetary Health. M. Springmann, UK.
– 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.
18:00 – 19:00PM – LASTEST DEVELOPMENTS IN NUT CONSUMPTION (1h)
Moderators: Marta Guasch-Ferré & John Sievenpiper.
– Biomarkers of nut consumption. Catalina Cuparencu, Denmark.
– Nut consumption and gut microbial metabolism. Kristina S Petersen, USA.
19:00 – 20:00PM – FREE TIME
20:00 – 22:00PM – DINNER
| Friday, October 10th, 2025 |
9:00 – 10:30AM – NUTS AND BRAIN (1h30)
Moderators: Cyril Kendall & Jiaqi Ni.
– Nut consumption, brain function and cognition. Peter Joris, USA.
– Nuts, cognitive performance and impairment. Changzheng Yuan, China.
– Nut consumption, anxiety and depression. Stephanie Nishi, Canada.
10:30 – 11:30AM – Panel Discussion: Possible health claims in Europe, USA or Canada – Future directions (1h)
Moderators: John Sievenpiper & Joan Sabaté.
– Experience from Europe. Hans Verhagen, Netherlands.
– Experience from USA. Paula Trumbo, USA
11:30 – 12:00PM – COFFEE BREAK
12:00 – 12:30PM – NUTS AND BONE HEALTH (1h30)
Moderators: Gang Liu & Vasanti Malik.
– Dry fruits and bone health: current evidence and future directions. Mary Jane De Souza, USA.
12:30 – 13:30PM – NUT AND IMMUNE SYSTEM (1h)
Moderators: Marta Guasch-Ferré & Kristina S Petersen.
– Nuts and immune function (cellular, humoral, gastrointestinal). Joan Sabaté, USA.
– Nuts and allergies: fighting the problem. Gideon Lack, UK
13:30 – 14:30PM – LUNCH
14:30 – 15:45PM – NOVEL LINES OF RESEARCH (1h15)
Moderators: Jordi Salas-Salvadó & Cyril Kendall.
– 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.
15:45 – 16:00PM – CONCLUDING REMARKS
16:00 – 18:00PM – FREE TIME
18:00 – 22:00PM – SOCIAL TOUR AND DINNER