Community Event is Sunday, February 25 (details under social activities)
(Lunch is included every day and refreshments are provided)
February 26-28, 2018 | Loma Linda, California, USA
Day 1: Monday, February 26, 2018
8:00 – 8:20 a.m. | Welcome Address
8:20 – 9:10 a.m. | Plenary Lecture
- Plant-based diet for personal, population, and planetary health
Frank Hu, MD, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health
9:30 – 11:40 a.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Epidemiological studies of vegetarians: Updates, making sense of discordant findings between cohorts, and directions for future research
- Adventist Health Study-2
Gary Fraser, MBChB, PhD, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University - EPIC-Oxford Study
Tim Key, PhD, University of Oxford, UK. - East Asian Cohort
Tina Chiu, PhD, RD, Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan - Indian Migration Study Cohort
Preet K. Dhillon, PhD, Public Health Foundation of India - Panel discussion
11:40 – 1:40 p.m. | Lunch
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Simultaneous Sessions
- A VEGETARIAN CULINARY ADVENTURE (Food Demonstration & Lunch)
- POSTER SESSION 1
1:40 – 3:35 p.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Plant-based diets and life cycle stages: Gestation through Geriatrics
- Plant-based maternal diet influences on childhood obesity
Trudy Voortman, PhD, Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands - DHA for gestation and infancy: Lessons learned and implications of a vegetarian diet
Susan E. Carlson, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City - Plant-based diets, plant foods and nutrients, and telomere length and aging
Aleix Sala-Villa, PhD, Lipid Clinic, Barcelona, Spain - Bone health and plant-based diets across the life course
Trudy Voortman, PhD, Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands
3:55 – 5:25 p.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Plant foods, plant-based diets, and the gut microbiome
- Gut microbiome by diet patterns
Michael Orlich, PhD, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University - Gut microbiome: Polyphenols and cardiovascular disease protection
Aedin Cassidy, PhD, Norwich Medical School, England, UK. - Nuts and the gut microbiota: Cardiovascular disease implications
David Baer, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maryland
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. | Poster Presentation 2
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. | Reception
Day 2: Tuesday, February 27, 2018
8:00 – 8:10 a.m. | Welcome Address
8:10 – 9:00 a.m. | Plenary Lecture
- Reversing chronic disease with plant-based diets: Past, present, future
David Katz, MD, MPH, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut
9:20 – 11:20 a.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Reversing Chronic Diseases with Plant Based Dietary Approach
- Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and plant-based diets
John Sievenpiper, MD, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada - Obesity, weight loss, and low-fat vegetarian diets
Neal Barnard, M.D., Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, D.C. - Plant-based diets in the treatment and management of type 2 diabetes
Jordi Salas-Salvado, MD, PhD, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain - Cancer recurrence and soy foods
Mark Messina, PhD, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University
11:25 – 12:15 p.m. | Plenary Lecture
- Is butter back? Saturated fat controversies and food choices in the context of plant-based diets
Alice Lichtenstein, PhD, D.S.c, Tufts University, Boston.
12:15 – 2:15 p.m. | Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Short oral sessions I and III simultaneous
Short Oral Session I: Vegetarian Diets and Health Outcomes-I
- A vegetarian diet is associated with lower stroke risk
Chin-Lon Lin, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan - Intake of high-protein foods and other major foods in people of different diet groups in UK
Kathyrn E. Bradbury, University of Oxford, UK - Meat and egg intake and type 2 diabetes risk: Results from the Adventist Health Study-2
Nasira Burkholder-Cooley, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA - Vegetarian diets vs non-vegetarian diet in the ADVENTO study: Findings on cognitive functions
Everton Padilha Gomes, Sao Paulo University, Brazil - Vegetarian diet and cataract risk.
Chia-Chen Chang, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan - Higher vegetarian lifestyle index scores is associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality
Lap T. Le, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
Short Oral Session III: Nutritional Status and Assessment of Vegetarians
- Body composition of Brazilian Adventists exposed to different vegetarian dietary patterns
Marcia C Martins, Adventist University of Sao Paulo, Brazil - Nutrient intake and growth indices of vegetarian, vegan and omnivorous children (1-3 y) in Germany
Stine Weder, Fachhochschule des Mittelstands, Germany - Clinical significance of vitamin B12 status among vegan and vegetarian adults
Roman Pawlak, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC - Biomarkers of dietary intake differentiate vegetarian and nonvegetarian dietary patterns
Fayth L. Miles, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA - Protein and amino acid consumption and their associations with body composition in adolescents
Golandam Khayef, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
2:15 – 3:45 p.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Protein Quantity, Quality and Source Matters
- Protein quality and source, fasting mimicking diets and longevity
Sebastian Brandhorst, PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles - Protein and cardiometabolic health: What matters?
Francois Mariotti, PhD, Agro Paris Tech, France - Protein quantity and quality for chronic kidney disease
Holly Mattix-Kramer, MD, MPH, Loyola University medical Center, Illinois
4:15 – 5:30 p.m. | Short oral session II and IV simultaneous
Short Oral Session II: Vegetarian Diets and Health Outcomes-II
- The effect of almonds on vitamin E status and cardiovascular risk factors in Korean adults: A randomized trial
Oliver Chen, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, MA - Vegetarian diets as protective to subclinical atherosclerosis evaluated by clinical imaging
Everton Padilha Gomes, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil - Risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke in UK meat eaters, fish eaters, vegetarians and vegans
Tammy Tong, University of Oxford, UK - Fasting‐mimicking diet and risk factors for aging, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease
Mahshid Shelechi, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA - Impact of a one year plant-based diet intervention on diet and the Dietary Inflammatory Index
Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC - Grain patterns are associated with dietary fiber intake, diet quality and weight-related measures
Yanni Papanikolaou, Nutritional Strategies Inc., Canada
Short Oral Session IV: Plant-based Diets and Health Education: Person and Planet
- Sociodemographic and health behavior determinants of vegetarianism among Adventist youth in India
Solomon Renati, KBP College, Mumbai, India - Making traditional and popular soul food recipes more healthful while maintaining cultural relevance
Marty Davey, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC - The scientific production about vegetarian nutrition in the past 109 years: A systematic review
Julio Acosta-Navarro, Heart Institute University of Sao Paulo, Brazil - Effect of vegetarian diets on planetary and population health outcomes
Alfredo Mejia, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI - Sustainability of different dietary patterns according to health, environment and price: Results from the SUN project
Ujue Fresan, University of Navarra, Spain - Protecting biodiversity with healthy soil, healthy seeds-and our plate
Irana W. Hawkins, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. | Banquet
Day 3 – Wednesday, February 28, 2018
8:00 – 8:10 a.m. | Welcome Address
8:10 – 9:00 a.m. | Plenary Lecture
Planetary health and vegetarian diets: How far have we come and what is next?
Joan Sabaté, MD, DrPH, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University
9:10 – 11:10 a.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Plant-based diets for the health of the planet
- Optimization of plant-based diets for planetary health: A modeling approach
Nick Wilson, MB ChB, DIH, MPH, University of Otago, New Zealand - Consumer attitudes towards meatless diets in relation to planetary health
Ruben Sanchez, PhD, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile - Meat substitutes: Measuring the environmental impacts of high protein plant products
Helen Harwatt, PhD, Sustainable Food Specialist, UK - Challenges and controversies in sustainable diets
Marco Springmann, PhD, University of Oxford, England
11:20 – 12:55 p.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Plant foods, food groups, and health outcomes
- Plant foods, cancer and mortality
Aune Dagfinn, PhD, Imperial College, London, UK - Walnuts, other plant foods, plant-based diet patterns and cognition- the WAHA study and more
Sujatha Rajaram, PhD, Loma Linda University, CA - Legumes and beans in the prevention of cardiometabolic disease
Jordi Salas-Salvado, MD, PhD, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
12:55 – 2:30 p.m. | Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. | Culinary Adventure (lunch provided)
2:30 – 4:40 p.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – A vegetarian client: Applications for health professionals
- Vegetarian diets for the treatment of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes: Case Reports
Brenda Rea, MD, PT, RD, Loma Linda University, CA
Wes Youngberg, DrPH, MPH, Loma Linda University, CA
Brenda Davis, RD, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada - The Vegetarian Athlete
Matthew Ruscigno, MPH, RD, Nutrinic Inc. Los Angeles - An inside look at the new position paper: Policy implications and practical applications
Vesanto Melina, MS, RD, Vancouver BC, Canada
Winston Craig, PhD, Loma Linda University - Vegetarian diets in the context of different cultures
Sharon Palmer, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian, Duarte, CA - What replaces meat?
Nasira Burkholder-Cooley, DrPH, RDN, Chapman University, CA
4:40 – 4:50 p.m. | Closing Remarks
Day 1: Monday, February 26, 2018
8:00 – 8:20 a.m. | Welcome Address
8:20 – 9:10 a.m. | Plenary Lecture
Plant-based diet for personal, population, and planetary health
Frank Hu, MD, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health
9:30 – 11:40 a.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Epidemiological studies of vegetarians: Updates, making sense of discordant findings between cohorts, and directions for future research
- Adventist Health Study-2
Gary Fraser, MBChB, PhD, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University - EPIC-Oxford Study
Tim Key, PhD, University of Oxford, UK. - East Asian Cohort
Tina Chiu, PhD, RD, Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan - Indian Migration Study Cohort
Preet K. Dhillon, PhD, Public Health Foundation of India - Panel discussion
11:40 – 1:40 p.m. | Lunch
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Simultaneous Sessions
A VEGETARIAN CULINARY ADVENTURE (Food Demonstration & Lunch)
POSTER SESSION 1
1:40 – 3:35 p.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Plant-based diets and life cycle stages: Gestation through Geriatrics
- Plant-based maternal diet influences on childhood obesity
Trudy Voortman, PhD, Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands - DHA for gestation and infancy: Lessons learned and implications of a vegetarian diet
Susan E. Carlson, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City - Plant-based diets, plant foods and nutrients, and telomere length and aging
Aleix Sala-Villa, PhD, Lipid Clinic, Barcelona, Spain - Bone health and plant-based diets across the life course
Trudy Voortman, PhD, Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands
3:55 – 5:25 p.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Plant foods, plant-based diets, and the gut microbiome
- Gut microbiome by diet patterns
Michael Orlich, MD, PhD, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University - Gut microbiome: Polyphenols and cardiovascular disease protection
Aedin Cassidy, PhD, Norwich Medical School, England, UK. - Nuts and the gut microbiota: Cardiovascular disease implications
David Baer, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maryland
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. | Poster Presentation 2
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. | Reception
Day 2: Tuesday, February 27, 2018
8:00 – 8:10 a.m. | Welcome Address
8:10 – 9:00 a.m. | Plenary Lecture
Reversing chronic disease with plant-based diets: Past, present, future
David Katz, MD, MPH, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut
9:20 – 11:20 a.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Reversing Chronic Diseases with Plant Based Dietary Approach
- Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and plant-based diets
John Sievenpiper, MD, PhD, FRCPC, University of Toronto, Canada - Obesity, weight loss, and low-fat vegetarian diets
Neal Barnard, M.D., Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, D.C. - Plant-based diets in the treatment and management of type 2 diabetes
Jordi Salas-Salvado, MD, PhD, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain - Cancer recurrence and soy foods
Mark Messina, PhD, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University
11:25 – 12:15 p.m. | Plenary Lecture
Is butter back? Saturated fat controversies and food choices in the context of plant-based diets
Alice Lichtenstein, PhD, D.Sc, Tufts University, Boston
12:15 – 2:15 p.m. | Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Short oral sessions I and III simultaneous
Short Oral Session I: Vegetarian Diets and Health Outcomes-I
- A vegetarian diet is associated with lower stroke risk
Chin-Lon Lin, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan - Intake of high-protein foods and other major foods in people of different diet groups in UK
Kathyrn E. Bradbury, University of Oxford, UK - Meat and egg intake and type 2 diabetes risk: Results from the Adventist Health Study-2
Nasira Burkholder-Cooley, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA - Vegetarian diets vs non-vegetarian diet in the ADVENTO study: Findings on cognitive functions
Naomi Vidal Ferreira, Sao Paulo University, Brazil - Vegetarian diet and cataract risk.
Chia-Chen Chang, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan - Higher vegetarian lifestyle index scores is associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality
Lap T. Le, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
Short Oral Session III: Nutritional Status and Assessment of Vegetarians
- Body composition of Brazilian Adventists exposed to different vegetarian dietary patterns
Marcia C Martins, Adventist University of Sao Paulo, Brazil - Nutrient intake and growth indices of vegetarian, vegan and omnivorous children (1-3 y) in Germany
Stine Weder, Fachhochschule des Mittelstands, Germany - Clinical significance of vitamin B12 status among vegan and vegetarian adults
Roman Pawlak, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC - Biomarkers of dietary intake differentiate vegetarian and nonvegetarian dietary patterns
Fayth L. Miles, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA - Protein and amino acid consumption and their associations with body composition in adolescents
Golandam Khayef, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
2:15 – 3:45 p.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Protein Quantity, Quality and Source Matters
- Protein quality and source, fasting mimicking diets and longevity
Sebastian Brandhorst, PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles - Protein and cardiometabolic health: What matters?
Francois Mariotti, PhD, Agro Paris Tech, France - The Western Diet: Are we killing our patients
Holly Mattix-Kramer, MD, MPH, Loyola University medical Center, Illinois
4:15 – 5:30PM | Short oral session II and IV simultaneous
Short Oral Session II: Vegetarian Diets and Health Outcomes-II
- The effect of almonds on vitamin E status and cardiovascular risk factors in Korean adults: A randomized trial
Oliver Chen, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, MA - Vegetarian diets as protective to subclinical atherosclerosis evaluated by clinical imaging
Everton Padilha Gomes, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil - Risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke in UK meat eaters, fish eaters, vegetarians and vegans
Tammy Tong, University of Oxford, UK - Fasting‐mimicking diet and risk factors for aging, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease
Mahshid Shelechi, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA - Impact of a one year plant-based diet intervention on diet and the Dietary Inflammatory Index
Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC - Grain patterns are associated with dietary fiber intake, diet quality and weight-related measures
Yanni Papanikolaou, Nutritional Strategies Inc., Canada
Short Oral Session IV: Plant-based Diets and Health Education: Person and Planet
- Sociodemographic and health behavior determinants of vegetarianism among Adventist youth in India
Solomon Renati, KBP College, Mumbai, India - Making traditional and popular soul food recipes more healthful while maintaining cultural relevance
Marty Davey, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC - The scientific production about vegetarian nutrition in the past 109 years: A systematic review
Julio Acosta-Navarro, Heart Institute University of Sao Paulo, Brazil - Effect of vegetarian diets on planetary and population health outcomes
Alfredo Mejia, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI - Sustainability of different dietary patterns according to health, environment and price: Results from the SUN project
Ujue Fresan, University of Navarra, Spain - Protecting biodiversity with healthy soil, healthy seeds-and our plate.
Irana W. Hawkins, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. | Banquet
Day 3 – Wednesday, February 28, 2018
8:00 – 8:10 a.m. | Welcome Address
8:10 – 9:00 a.m. | Plenary Lecture
Planetary health and vegetarian diets: How far have we come and what is next?
Joan Sabaté, MD, DrPH, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University
9:10 – 11:10 a.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Plant-based diets for the health of the planet
- Optimization of plant-based diets for planetary health: A modeling approach
Nick Wilson, MB ChB, DIH, MPH, University of Otago, New Zealand - Consumer attitudes towards meatless diets in relation to planetary health
Ruben Sanchez, PhD, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile - Meat substitutes: Measuring the environmental impacts of high protein plant products
Helen Harwatt, PhD, Sustainable Food Specialist, UK - Challenges and controversies in sustainable diets
Marco Springmann, Phd, University of Oxford, England
11:20 – 12:55 p.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – Plant foods, food groups, and health outcomes
- Plant foods, cancer and mortality
Aune Dagfinn, Imperial College, PhD, London, UK - Walnuts, other plant foods, plant-based diet patterns and cognition- the WAHA study and more
Sujatha Rajaram, PhD, Loma Linda University, CA - Legumes and beans in the prevention of cardiometabolic disease
Jordi Salas-Salvado, MD, PhD, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
12:55 – 2:30 p.m. | Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. | Culinary Adventure (lunch provided)
2:30 – 4:40 p.m. | Symposium
Symposium Topic – A vegetarian client: Applications for health professionals
- Vegetarian diets for the treatment of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes: Case Reports
Brenda Rea, MD, PT, RD, Loma Linda University, CA
Wes Youngberg, DrPH, MPH, Loma Linda University, CA
Brenda Davis, RD, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada - The Vegetarian Athlete
Matthew Ruscigno, MPH, RD, Nutrinic Inc. Los Angeles - An inside look at the new position paper: Policy implications and practical applications
Vesanto Melina, MS, RD, Vancouver BC, Canada
Winston Craig, PhD, Loma Linda University - Vegetarian diets in the context of different cultures
Sharon Palmer, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian, Duarte, CA - What replaces meat?
Nasira Burkholder-Cooley, DrPH, RDN, Chapman University, CA
4:40 – 4:50 p.m. | Closing Remarks