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Clinical and Translational Nutrition

Session/Event: The Global Nutrition Transition: Sustainability and Human Nutrition (Sponsored Satellite Program)

All Plant Foods Are Not Created Equal: Plant-Based Diets and Health (Sponsored Satellite Program)

Thursday, June 16, 2022

12:45 PM – 1:05 PM ET

Sponsored By: Herbalife Nutrition

Learning Objective 1: Explain the nature of sustainable agriculture and sustainable eating and the benefits of a plant-based diet on aging and age-related disease

Speaker(s)

Frank B. Hu, MD, MPH, PhD

Chair, Department of Nutrition Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Disclosure: Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Learning Objectives:

Explain the nature of sustainable agriculture and sustainable eating and the benefits of a plant-based diet on aging and age-related disease
Outline the steps needed to promote sustainable agriculture and eating while research advances in both developing countries and industrialized nations identifying any shortfalls in the intakes of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients secondary to these efforts
Describe potential challenges and opportunities for applying sustainable eating to the prevention and treatment of obesity and overweight