Session 1 – Nutritional epidemiology: Past, present, future
Chairs
Maria Benedetta Donati (Neuromed)
Eduardo Farinaro (Federico II University)
Speakers
Licia Iacoviello (LUM University, Casamassima, Italy and Neuromed)
Twenty years of the Moli-sani Study experience: lessons learned and way forward
Elio Riboli (Imperial College, London, UK)
The EPIC Study experience: lessons learned and way forward
Valentina Andreeva (Sorbonne Paris Nord University and University of Paris, Paris, France)
15 years of the NutriNet-Santé experience: advancing the field of nutritional epidemiology
Eliseo Guallar (New York University, NY, USA)
Nutritional Supplements and chronic disease prevention: mith or reality?
Session 2 – Hot topics in public health nutrition
Chairs
Maurizio Trevisan (Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy)
Virginia Solitano (San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy)
Speakers
Sabina Sieri (Italian National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy)
Modifiable risk factors for NCDs in Italy: preliminary findings of the YouGoody study
Sarah Cuschieri (University of Malta, Malta)
Nutrition, obesity and chronic disease: perspectives from a small European country
Valeria Pala (Italian National Cancer Institute
Are there still Italian dietary patterns? Initial results of the YouGoody study
Marialaura Bonaccio (Neuromed)
Ultra-processed food consumption and chronic diseases
Mariana Di Lorenzo (Federico II University)
Ultra-processed food consumption, adiposity and obesity risk
Maria Serena Lonardo (Federico II University)
Is the vegetarian diet an effective tool in preventing the progression of chronic kidney disease?
Augusto Di Castelnuovo (Neuromed)
Alcohol and chronic disease: reconciling evidence with public health policy
Session 3 – From research to policy to tackle diet-related chronic disease
Chairs
Chiara Aleni (University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy)
Ferruccio Galletti (Federico II University)
Speakers
Annalisa Giosuè (Federico II University, Naples, Italy)
Dietary patterns and chronic disease prevention within the One Health approach
Jason Gilliland (Western University)
Smartphone-based interventions to improve food literacy and diet quality
Gabriele Riccardi (Federico II University)
Novel approaches to promoting healthy dietary patterns
Marilena Vitale (Federico II University)
The Switch Project to improve dietary habits across Europe
Lanfranco D’Elia (Federico II University)
Dietary salt restriction and adherence to the Mediterranean Diet to reduce CVD risk
Alessandro Gialluisi (LUM University and Neuromed)
Machine learning approaches for the estimation of biological aging
Session 4 – Environmental sustainability, multisectorial approaches & future perspectives
Chairs
Daniel Shrubsole (Western University)
Raffaele Palladino (Federico II University)
Speakers
Simona Castaldi (University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy)
Sustainable food systems: an ecological perspective
Ludovica Principato (Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy)
Understanding food choices in sustainable healthy diets
Clara Cicatiello (University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy)
The road to sustainable food systems: food markets and food waste reduction
Franca Barbic (Humanitas University, Milan, Italy)
Diet and health promotion programs in the workplace
Julian Mamo (University of Malta)
Dietary and lifestyle interventions for chronic disease prevention in primary care
Cheryl Currie (Western University)
The role of social determinants in shaping health behaviour
Giuseppe Grosso (University of Catania)
Public health nutrition: assessing evidence to determine policy and practice
Saverio Stranges (Western University and Federico II University)
Revisiting public health policies on diet and chronic disease
