Program

This world class congress will gather international scientists and present the latest research on the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

In the most important international scientific event on lifestyle, diet, wine and health of the last five years, thirty leading scientists from around Europe, North America, South Africa and Australia will present their latest research on a living a healthy lifestyle with exercise, a balanced Mediterranean-style diet, and the moderate consumption of wine.

The scientific program includes presentations on the Global Burden of Disease Study, Cardiovascular Health, Health Implications of Lifestyle Choices, Importance of Context when consuming wine moderately, the Keys to Longevity and how to translate Science to Society.

“We present excellent scientists from all over the world and with different backgrounds highlighting the latest research on lifestyle, diet, wine and health issues at this international congress”, said Ramon Estruch, Senior Consultant at the Department of Internal Medicine of the Hospital Clinic (Barcelona) and President of the International Congress Scientific Committee.

Program

18 Oct 2023

19:00 – 21:00

Official welcome at Toledo City Hall

Spanish Wines and Tapas

19 Oct 2023

09:00 – 10:00

Registration and welcome coffee

19 Oct 2023

10:00

OFFICIAL OPENING

19 Oct 2023

10:30

OPENING CONFERENCE

Alcohol and the Global Burden of Disease: An Update for Health Professionals

Ken Mukamal - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts - USA

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19 Oct 2023

11:00 – 13:00

SESSION 1: CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH

Chair: Tedd Goldfinger, Josep Masip

Wine consumption and mortality: No safe level of consumption or J curve

Curtis Ellison - Professor Emeritus, Boston Section of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA - USA

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Pharmacological basis of J-shaped curve for biological effects of wine

Mladen Boban - Department of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split - Croatia

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New evidence of moderate wine consumption on the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease

Giovanni de Gaetano - Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS NEUROMED, Pozzilli (IS) - Italy

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Cardiovascular disease, wine and thrombosis

Francesco Violi - Department of Clinical Internal, Anaesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome - Italy

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19 Oct 2023

13.00 - 13:30

KEYNOTE LECTURE: KEY FACTORS OF THE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES.

Chair: Ramon Estruch

Importance and challenges of social aspects related to the healthy Mediterranean lifestyle

Gregorio Varelas-Moreiras - Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, Director, CEU Institute for Food and Society, Faculty of Pharmacy, San Pablo-CEU University, CEU Universities, Madrid. - Spain

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19 Oct 2023

13:30 - 15:00

Lunch and poster session

19 Oct 2023

15:00 – 17:30

SESSION 2: HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF LIFESTYLE CHOICES

Chair: Dominique Lanzmann-Petithory, Curtis Ellison

Lifestyle choices to prevent cognitive decline and dementia

Emilio Ros - Lipid Clinic, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona - Spain

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Physical exercise as an important lifestyle factor

Alejandro Lucia - Universidad Europea de Madrid, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Madrid - Spain

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Sleep and Diet: Important pillars of a healthy lifestyle

David Thivel - Clermont Auvergne University, Laboratory of the Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise under Physiological and Pathological Conditions (AME2P), CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand - France

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Diabetes and obesity: The role of the microbiota

Isabel Moreno - Biomedical Research Network in Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN). Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, Málaga, España. - España

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Alcohol and cancer

Justus Apffelstaedt - Apffelstaedt, Hoosain and Associates Breast and Thyroid Health Centre, Panorama - South Africa

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2023 Serge Renaud Memorial lecture: Drinking Patterns, dietary habits, and cancer

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 - Spain

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19 Oct 2023

17:30 - 18:00

Coffee break

19 Oct 2023

18:00 – 19:30

ROUND TABLE: GASTRONOMY. THE MARRIAGE OF EATING AND WINE

Chair: Pierre-Louis Teissedre, Ursula Fradera

Synergistic effects of foods: Importance of dietary pattern

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 - Spain

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The Mediterranean Diet through a Global Lens: The potential to harmonize nutrition, culinary and cultural insights

Greg Drescher - The Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY - USA

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Meat and meat product as essential compounds of our meals. Functional and healthy meat products.

Francisco J. Sánchez-Muniz - AFUSAN group, Nutrition and Food Science Department. Pharmacy School. Complutense University. Sanitary Research Institute of the San Carlos Clinical Hospital (IdISSC), Madrid - Spain

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19 Oct 2023

19:30

Scientific poster award ceremony

19 Oct 2023

20:30

Official congress dinner

20 Oct 2023

9:00

PLENARY CONFERENCE

Personalized Nutrition and Health: The Future starts Now

Dolores Corella - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y la Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid; Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia - Spain

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20 Oct 2023

09:30 - 11:00

SESSION 3: IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT: LIFESTYLE, WELLNESS AND HEALTH

Chair: Nicolai Worm, Mladen Boban

Estimates of Effect for Diet & Lifestyle Interventions: Minimal Important Difference and Certainty of Evidence

Bradley Johnston - Departments of Nutrition, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas - USA

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International alcohol drinking guidelines – in perspective

Creina Stockley - University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond - Australia

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Effects of well-being, happiness and hope on longevity

Michael Musalek - Sigmund Freud University. Vienna - Austria

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20 Oct 2023

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break

20 Oct 2023

11:30 - 13:00

SESSION 4: THE KEYS TO EXTENT LONGEVITY

Chair: Rosa Lamuela Raventos, Jean-Claude Ruf

Keys to improving and maintaining cardiovascular health

Randi Foraker - Institute for Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri - USA

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The hallmarks of a healthy aging

David Vauzour - Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich - UK

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Polyphenols as senolytic agents to treat aging

María D. Mayán Santos - Department of Research, Institute for Biomedical Research of A Coruña (INIBIC), University of A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña - Spain

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20 Oct 2023

13:00 – 14:00

ROUND TABLE: TRANSLATION OF SCIENCE TO SOCIETY

Chair: Marjana Martinic

Communication – from science to public

Matt Kramer - Author and Journalist, Portland - USA

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Drinking, eating patterns and lifestyle habits – From scientific evidence to public acceptance

Licia Iacoviello - Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS NEUROMED, Pozzilli, Italy; EPIMED Research Center, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese - Italy

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Miscommunication - facts vs. fake news

Kristian Rett - German Obesity Foundation, Munich - Munich, Germany

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20 Oct 2023

14:15

Lunch

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