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Promoting Healthy Aging Through Nutrition | July 20-21, 2023 Workshop

View the workshop publication and major takeaways here.

Agenda & Plenaries

  • Workshop Agenda
  • Plenary: Older Adults, Nutrition, and Social Determinants of Health - Alison Brown (Slides)
  • Plenary: What is a Dietary Pattern? - Frank Hu (Slides)

Topic 1: Timing and Targeting Interventions

  • Aging Gracefully: A Choline Case Study of Developmentally-Targeted Nutrition - Kevin Klatt (Slides)
  • Adolescent/Early Adulthood: Establishing Reserve/Affecting Late-Life Risks - Sarah Wherry (Slides) (Recording)
  • Changing Nutritional Needs in Older Adults - Susan Roberts (Slides) (Recording)
  • The Microbiome's Role in the Aging Process - Rob Knight (Slides) (Recording)

Topic 2: Social Context of Diet and Food Choice

  • Culture, Food Choices, and Dietary Patterns - Jane Jih (Slides) (Recording)
  • Dietary Risks Among Low-Income and Food Insecure Seniors - Heather Eicher-Miller (Slides) (Recording)
  • Social Connection and Nutrition - Thomas Cudjoe (Slides) (Recording)
  • Government Policies and Food Choice in Older Adults - Parke Wilde (Slides)

Topic 3: Dietary Patterns in Health and Disease

  • Psychosocial Stress and Diet Composition Effects on Health and Aging in Nonhuman Primates - Mark Baxter (Slides)
  • Dietary Patterns and Alzheimer's Disease - Marilyn Cornelis (Slides) (Recording)
  • Dietary Patterns for Healthy Aging - A Focus on Frailty and Depressive Symptoms - Courtney Millar (Slides) (Recording)

Topic 4: Advancing the Field

  • Advancing the Field with Existing Cohorts- Opportunities & Obstacles - Kyla Shea (Slides) (Recording)
  • Developing Nutritional Pattern Interventions - Lawrence Appel (Slides)
  • Interface Between Nutrition Science and Medicine - Emily Johnston (Slides) (Recording)
  • Nutrition Policies and Guidelines - Alice Lichtenstein (Slides) (Recording)