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Agenda

Monday, April 16

7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Registration/(Breakfast on Your Own)

Location: Grand Ballroom Prefunction

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome and Openings

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Andrew Weil, Fredi Kronenberg

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Plenary #1: The Trouble with Fructose: a Darwinian Perspective

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Robert Lustig

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Plenary #2: Cooking and Culinary Literacy

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): David Eisenberg

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Tasting Opportunity

Location: Grand Ballroom Prefunction | Presenter(s):

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Plenary #3: Rating Popular Diets -- Sorting Fad From Evidence
(Raw Foods, Paleo, Sleep Doctors, Alkaline, HCG)

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Wendy Kohatsu, Cyndi Thomson, Ben Kligler, Roberta Lee, Carolyn Coker Ross, Maya Shetreat - Klein, Myles Spar

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Ask the Experts

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): David Eisenberg, Wendy Kohatsu, Cyndi Thomson, Robert Lustig, Ben Kligler, Roberta Lee, Carolyn Coker Ross, Maya Shetreat - Klein, Myles Spar, Andrew Weil

12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Lunch

Location: Galleria

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
a. Fertility: the Influence of Nutrition

Location: Harbor III | Presenter(s): Victoria Maizes

b. Food allergies in Children: An Update

Location: Harbor I | Presenter(s): Ben Kligler

c. Behavioral Treatment of Obesity: Principles and Practices

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Gary Foster

d. Using the Group Medical Visit Empowerment Model to Reduce Obesity

Location: Commonwealth C | Presenter(s): Jeffrey Geller

e. Healthy Food Action: Advocacy from the Local Level to the 2012 Farm Bill

Location: Harbor II | Presenter(s): David Wallinga

f. Quick Mediterranean Cooking (for Diabetics & Everyone Else)
Lecture and cooking demonstration.

Location: Commonwealth A-B | Presenter(s): David Eisenberg

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
g. Herbs and Plants as Medicine

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Tieraona Low Dog

h. MB-EAT (Mindfulness Based Eating Awareness Training)

Location: Harbor I | Presenter(s): Kathleen Sanders

i. Sports Drinks, Energy Drinks: Health Risk or Health Aid?

Location: Commonwealth A-B | Presenter(s): Roberta Lee

j. The Ancestral Diet--a Cure for Obesity?

Location: Harbor II | Presenter(s): Carolyn Coker Ross

k. Interactions between Nutrition and Epigenetics in Health and Disease

Location: Harbor III | Presenter(s): Sharon Ross

l. Real Men May Not Eat Quiche, but What Should They Eat?

Location: Commonwealth C | Presenter(s): Myles Spar

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Plenary #4: An Integrative, Family-based Approach to Childhood Obesity

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): David Ludwig

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
Meet the Faculty Reception

Location: Grand Ballroom Prefunction

Tuesday, April 17

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Registration/Breakfast

Location: Grand Ballroom Prefunction

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Introduction to the Day

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s):

8:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Plenary #5: Panel on Fats
Panel on Fats: Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, N-6 Polyunsaturated Fats: Villain or Friend? Joseph Hibbeln, MD, All Polyunsaturates Are Not Created Equal: Distinguishing Health Benefits of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids; Andrew Weil, MD, Saturated Fat

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Andrew Weil, Walter Willett, Joseph Hibbeln

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Plenary #6: The Role of Diet in Bone Health and Osteoporosis Prevention

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Bess Dawson-Hughes

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tasting Opportunity

Location: Grand Ballroom Prefunction | Presenter(s):

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Plenary #7: Dietary Factors to Maintain a Healthy Brain

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Martha Clare Morris

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Plenary #8: "The Truth Wears Off": Diet Research

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Vinjar Fønnebø

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Ask the Experts

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Walter Willett, Joseph Hibbeln, Bess Dawson-Hughes, Andrew Weil, Vinjar Fønnebø, Martha Clare Morris

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Lunch

Location: Galleria

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
m. "What's a Parent to Do?" Children's Nutrition and Environmental Medicine

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Hilary McClafferty

n. Diabetes: Beyond Medication Management

Location: Harbor III | Presenter(s): Denise Millstine

o. Food, Supplement & Drug Interactions

Location: Harbor I | Presenter(s): Tieraona Low Dog

p. Thyroid Health: Iodine, Goitrogens, and Environmental Pollutants

Location: Harbor II | Presenter(s): Adi Benito

q. Age Related Macular Degeneration
Allen Taylor, PhD: Lower Glycemic Index Diets Diminish Risk for Age-related Macular Degeneration and Cataract; Johanna Seddon, MD: Nature and Nurture: Genes and Nutrition Are Related to Age-related Macular Degeneration

Location: Commonwealth C | Presenter(s): Allen Taylor, Johanna Seddon

r. Spices of Life: Exploring the Health Benefits of Asian Cuisine
Lecture and cooking demonstration.

Location: Commonwealth A-B | Presenter(s): Wendy Kohatsu, Nina Simonds

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
s. Food, Fluids and Supplements for Optimal Health and Exercise Performance

Location: Harbor I | Presenter(s): Patricia Lebensohn

t. The Kitchen Table Prescription: Disease-specific Nutrition Plans

Location: Harbor III | Presenter(s): Siri Chand Khalsa

u. Weight Gain: Vulnerable Life Transitions

Location: Commonwealth A-B | Presenter(s): Cyndi Thomson

v. Targeted Nutritional Therapies for the Treatment and Prevention of Anorexia Nervosa

Location: Commonwealth C | Presenter(s): James Greenblatt

w. Nutritional Modulation of Gut Disorders

Location: Harbor II | Presenter(s): Gerard Mullin

x. Effect Brainmending: How to Change Your Brain with What You Eat

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Maya Shetreat - Klein

5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Plenary #9: Nutrition and Mental Health

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Andrew Weil

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Public Forum: Nutrition for Optimal Health & Well-being
6:30-7:15 pm: Calories and Culture: A Worldwide Photographic Journey, Peter Menzel and Faith D'Alusio, Authors, The Hungry Planet: What the World Eats and What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets; 7:15-9:00 pm: Nutrition for Optimal Health & Well-Being Andrew Weil, MD, Tara Lemmey. 2 CME credit hours offered and included in tuition

Location: | Presenter(s): Andrew Weil, Tara Lemmey, Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio

Wednesday, April 18

7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Registration/Breakfast

Location: Grand Ballroom Prefunction

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Introduction to the Day

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s):

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Plenary #10: Bacterial Colonization, Pre- and Probiotics and Clinical Disease

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Allan Walker

9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Plenary #11: Nutritional Aspects of Patient Care: Case Studies Panel

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Randy Horwitz, Jeffrey Blumberg, Rebecca Katz, Tieraona Low Dog, Gerard Mullin, Maya Shetreat - Klein

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Tasting Opportunity

Location: Grand Ballroom Prefunction | Presenter(s):

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Plenary #12: New Genetic Engineering Technology's Impact on Food Quality

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Sheldon Krimsky

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Ask the Experts

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Allan Walker, Randy Horwitz, Sheldon Krimsky, Jeffrey Blumberg, Rebecca Katz, Tieraona Low Dog, Gerard Mullin, Maya Shetreat - Klein

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Closing

Location: Grand Ballroom | Presenter(s): Andrew Weil, Fredi Kronenberg