Program

Epigenetics – the new hip science: extending life expectancy by eating the right foods?

Overweight and obesity – how to prevent the global epidemic

Maria Puy Portillo - University of Basque Country

Type 2 diabetes – is sugar the new saturated fat?

Attilio Giacosa - University of Pavia

Lifestyle factors and cardiovascular diseases

Luc Djousse - Harvard University, USA

Cancer - a lifestyle disease?

Effects of anti-aging redox nutritional approach on health and lifespan

Giuseppe Poli - University of Turin

What is the best diet for longevity and good health?

Laura di Renzo - University of Tor Vergata

What role do exercise and diet play?

David Thivel - University of Clermont-Ferrand

Sleep – a neglected behavior?

Jean-Philippe Chaput - University of Ottawa

Super-agers – can diet prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?

How mental well-being and happiness contributes to longevity

Michael Klein - Catholic University College

Keynote Lecture: You are what you eat: Gut health – more than a buzzword

Iris Shai - Ben Gurion University Israel, Harvard University, USA

The “hidden” common “virtue” of the traditional Mediterranean diets

Rena Kosti - University of Thessaly

Mediterranean Diet - epidemiological evidence for being one of the best preventive diets

Simona Costanzo - Instituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed

Mediterranean diet, wine, lifestyles and biological aging

Licia Iacoviello - University of Insubria

Polyphenols – the magic bullets in foods?

Rosa Lamuela Raventos - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y la Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Gastronomy, School of Pharmacy and Food Science, INSA-University of Barcelona, Barcelona

No red in the Med?

Population risk vs. individual risk

What is low risk?

Creina Stockley - University of Adelaide

Risk from a public health perspective

Moderation and risk: How to encourage healthy choices

Is there a role for pleasure?

Evidence-Based Nutrition - What it is and isn’t

Bradley Johnston - Texas A&M University

Overview: Validity of observational research and role of Mendelian randomization

Gordon Guyatt - McMaster University

Observational research – valid for guidelines?

Dena Zeraatkar - Departments of Anesthesia and Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) at McMaster University

Understanding Causal Inference: Key Methods and Tools

Hania Szajewska - The Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Paediatrics

Evidence-based nutrition - how can it be improved? (PREDIMED Collaboration)

Emilio Ros - University of Barcelona

Do wine drinkers have an increased cancer risk? Epidemiological perspective and clinical aspects

Ramon Estruch - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y la Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona