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Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Session Type: Symposium

Ultra-Processed Foods: Current Challenges and Future Directions

Sunday, July 23, 2023
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Location: Grand Ballroom

CPE for RDs CME

Learning Objectives

At the end of this activity, learners will be able to:
  • Explain benefits and risks of food processing
  • Describe potential mechanisms of actions of ultra-processed foods
  • Explain the research roadmap that aims to advance understanding of the impact of ultra-processed foods on obesity and cardiometabolic diseases

      • Chair(s)

    • KH

      Kelly Higgins, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)

      Nutrition Scientist
      USDA Food Components and Health Laboratory (FCHL)
      USDA-ARS
      Beltsville, Maryland, United States

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

      • Speaker(s)

    • Julie Jones, PhD, CNS, CFS, Fellow of AACCI, IFT and ICC (she/her/hers)

      Distinguished Scholar and Professor Emerita, Foods and Nutrition
      St. Catherine University
      Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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

    • RM

      Rick Mattes, MPH, PhD, R.D. (he/him/his)

      Distinguished Professor of Nutrition Science
      Purdue University
      West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

      Disclosure(s): Eli Lilly: Grant/Research Support (Terminated)
      General Mills: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
      Kraft/Heinz: Consultant (Ongoing)

    • Lauren O'Connor, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)

      Nutrition Scientist
      Agricultural Research Service, USDA
      Beltsville, Maryland, United States

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

    Disclosure(s):
    Kelly A. Higgins, PhD, MPH: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
    Julie M. Jones, PhD, CNS, CFS, Fellow of AACCI, IFT and ICC: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
    Rick Mattes, MPH, PhD, R.D.: Eli Lilly: Grant/Research Support (Terminated)
    General Mills: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
    Kraft/Heinz: Consultant (Ongoing)
    Lauren E. O'Connor, PhD, MPH: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

    Presentations:

    • 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM ET
      Ultra-Processed Foods from a Food Science Perspective

      Speaker: Julie M. Jones, PhD, CNS, CFS, Fellow of AACCI, IFT and ICC (she/her/hers) – St. Catherine University

    • 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM ET
      Ultra-Processed Foods: Mechanisms of Action

      Speaker: Rick Mattes, MPH, PhD, R.D. (he/him/his) – Purdue University

    • 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM ET
      Research Roadmap for Establishing the Validity and Utility of the NOVA System

      Speaker: Lauren E. O'Connor, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Agricultural Research Service, USDA

    • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
      Panel Discussion - Ultra-Processed Foods: Current Challenges and Future Directions

      Chair: Kelly A. Higgins, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

      Speaker: Julie M. Jones, PhD, CNS, CFS, Fellow of AACCI, IFT and ICC (she/her/hers) – St. Catherine University

      Speaker: Rick Mattes, MPH, PhD, R.D. (he/him/his) – Purdue University

      Speaker: Lauren E. O'Connor, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Agricultural Research Service, USDA