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Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism

Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Session Type: Symposium

Nourishing the Future: How Early Taste and Food Exposures Shape Diet and Health in Later Life

Monday, July 24, 2023
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Location: Republic Ballroom

CPE for RDs CME

Learning Objectives

At the end of this activity, learners will be able to:
  • Review the development of flavor perception
  • Discuss feeding approaches that can shift innate flavor preferences
  • Describe how complimentary feeding can help children develop food preferences and impact later diet quality

      • Chair(s)

    • Susan Johnson, PhD (she/her/hers)

      Professor
      Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition
      University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
      Aurora, Colorado, United States

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

      • Speaker(s)

    • Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP

      Food as Medicine Director
      Elevance Health
      Lanham, Maryland, United States

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

    • Catherine Forestell, PhD (she/her/hers)

      Professor
      Psychological Sciences
      William & Mary
      Williamsburg, Virginia, United States

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

    • Karen Switkowski, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)

      Senior Research Scientist
      Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute/Harvard Medical School
      Boston, Massachusetts, United States

      Disclosure(s): Modern Fertility: Consultant (Terminated, October 31, 2022)

    Disclosure(s):
    Susan L. Johnson, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
    Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
    Catherine A. Forestell, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
    Karen Switkowski, PhD, MPH: Modern Fertility: Consultant (Terminated, October 31, 2022)

    Presentations:

    • 2:00 PM – 2:05 PM ET
      Welcome and Introductions - Nourishing the Future: How Early Taste and Food Exposures Shape Diet and Health in Later Life

      Chair: Susan L. Johnson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    • 2:05 PM – 2:25 PM ET
      The Development of Early Food and Taste Preferences

      Speaker: Catherine A. Forestell, PhD (she/her/hers) – William & Mary

    • 2:25 PM – 2:45 PM ET
      Associations Between Early Feeding Exposures and Behaviors and Later Diet and Health Outcomes

      Speaker: Karen Switkowski, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute/Harvard Medical School

    • 2:45 PM – 3:05 PM ET
      Applications in Clinical and Community Settings

      Speaker: Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP – Elevance Health

    • 3:05 PM – 3:30 PM ET
      Panel Discussion - Nourishing the Future: How Early Taste and Food Exposures Shape Diet and Health in Later Life

      Chair: Susan L. Johnson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

      Speaker: Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP – Elevance Health

      Speaker: Catherine A. Forestell, PhD (she/her/hers) – William & Mary

      Speaker: Karen Switkowski, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute/Harvard Medical School