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Scientific Program

This is a draft version of the scientific program. The schedule and sessions are subject to change.
Time Sessions
09:00 - 10:00
  • Workshop: GI disorders
    Moderators: Giouleme O.
    • • Stamataki A.: Dietary Triggers and Symptom Modulation in IBS: What Works in Practice
    • • Stove Lorentzen S.: Nutrition in IBD: From Flare Management to Remission Support
  • Oral Presentations | Poster Session
10:00 - 11:00
  • Reconsidering the aetiology and management of obesity
    Moderators: Vassilopoulou E.
    • • Mougiakos T.: The hedonic action of food
    • • Kyriacou A.: Obesity: The role of gut microbiota
    • • Papalazarou A.: Diet and drug therapy in obesity management
  • Cancer prevention and management: the role of diet
    Moderators: Katsagoni C.
    • • Bletsa M.: Dietary Patterns, and Cancer Risk: Evidence from Epidemiology to Practice
    • • Ntorzi N.: Nutrition During Cancer Treatment: Supporting Outcomes and Quality of Life
    • • Terzidis M.: Bioactive Compounds and Cancer: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications
11:00 - 11:30
  • Coffee Break
  • Poster Session & Networking
11:30 - 12:30
  • Dietary Supplements, Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods: Bioaccessibility and bioavailability
    Moderators: Fragkiadakis G.
    • • Roth-Walter F.: From Molecule to Patient: Translating Bioactive Compounds into Health Outcomes
    • • Kanellou A.: Bioavailability vs Bioactivity: What Really Matters in Nutraceuticals?
    • • Boskou G.: Food Supplements and Foods for Specific Groups. European legislation and cases of infringement
  • Nutrition and Brain Health Across the Lifespan: From Development to Degeneration
    Moderators: Papalazarou A.
    • • Efthymiou D.: Neurodevelopmental Diseases: Pathophysiology, Aetiology and Clinical Manifestations
    • • Tsolaki M.: Neuroinflammation and Mental Health
    • • Giannakoulia M.: Nutrition in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Prevention and Management
  • Roundtable: Modern Diagnostic Tools for Assessing Biological and Emotional Hunger (Sponsored)
    • • Zoumbaneas E.
    • • Daniilidou N.
12:30 - 13:30
  • Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Digital Nutrition
    Moderators: Pagkalos I.
    • • Ioakeimidis I.: Systems and methods for Population-level data Collection in Nutrition and Public Health
    • • Dimitropoulos K.: AI & Nutrition
    • • Vlassopoulos A.: From cheeseburger to Big Mac: the role of high-precision description for digital nutrition applications
  • Metabolic Health in the 21st Century: New Evidence and Clinical Practice
    Moderators: Katsagoni C.
    • • Katsagoni C.: Nutritional interventions in MASLD: Challenges in clinical practice
    • • Georgoulis M.: Nutritional interventions in obstructive sleep apnea: From theory to practice
    • • Kirkili A.: Ultra-processed foods and metabolic health
13:30 - 14:00
  • Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
  • Common diets and Health: Measuring Exposure and Understanding Consequences
    Moderators: Karastogiannidou C.
    • • Cevdet O.: Dietary habits, the epithelial barrier and Health Outcomes
    • • Gamvros R.: Food Industry as a valuable partner on Nutrition policy: Looking for key factors for NCDs spreading, Ingredients or processing?
  • Open Discussion: Nutrition Therapy in the Healthcare System
    • • Daramillas C.
    • • Vakouftsi R.
  • Oral Presentations | Poster Session
15:00 - 15:45
  • Targeting appetite in obesity: Mechanisms, current therapies and the emerging pipeline
    Moderators: Kokkinos A.
    • • Papamargaritis D.
15:45 - 16:00
  • Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00
  • Food allergy and food intolerance
    Moderators: Vassilopoulou E.
    • • Douladiris N.: Food Allergy: Diagnosis and Dietary Challenges in the management of food allergies
    • • Constantinou G.: Food Aversion in Children with Food Allergy
    • • Salliakelis S.: Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Food Intolerance
  • From epidemiology to nutrition policy making
    Moderators: Androutsos O., Zampelas A.
    • • Kotopoulou S.: Nutritional Surveillance Systems: Strengths and Limitations
    • • Mitrou P.: Leveraging Large-Scale Databases for Decision-Making in Public Health
    • • Panagiotakos D.: Nutrition Epidemiology: from scientific evidence, to public health and policy
  • ENDIETS Workshop
17:00 - 18:00
  • Management of childhood Obesity: From Prevention to Treatment
    Moderators: Markidou E., Hassapidou M.
    • • Androutsos O.: Community-based Actions and policies for the prevention of childhood obesity
    • • Hassapidou M.: International and European guidelines for the treatment of childhood obesity. The role of the dietitians.
    • • Markidou E.: Childhood Obesity in Cyprus: A major problem of public health
  • Nutrition and Older Adults
    • • ELEGEIA (ΕΛΕΓΕΙΑ)
18:00 - 19:00
  • Opening Ceremony / Keynote Speech
    • • Dedoussis G.
Time Sessions
09:00 - 10:00
  • ENDIETS Workshop
  • Workshop: Diabetes (I and II)
    Moderators: Tsironis V.
    • • Vasiloglou M.: Digital Tools for Weight loss & Glucose Management: Transforming Dietary Practice
    • • Giannoulaki P.: Carbohydrate Quality and Timing: Rethinking Dietary Strategies in Diabetes Management
  • Oral Presentations | Poster Session
10:00 - 11:00
  • Nutritional Psychology: Mind-Body Interactions in Eating Behavior and Psychological Drivers of Health
    Moderators: Kaprinis S.
    • • Andreou E.: Psychological Drivers of Eating Behavior: Beyond Hunger
    • • Papalazarou A.: Emotional Eating and Stress: Mechanisms and Interventions
  • Adult Obesity Management: A Multidisciplinary Public Health Approach
    Moderators: Katsiki N., Kontogiorgis C.
    • • Katsogiannis I.: Pharmaceutical care and obesity: Opportunities and challenges for public health intervention
    • • Katsiki N.: Obesity as a chronic disease: The role of the physician in the therapeutic strategy
    • • Christodoulou E.: Obesity, mental health and well-being: Behavioral change, eating disorders and the Mediterranean lifestyle in Public Health
  • Roundtable: Applied sports nutrition - Practice, Challenges and Insights
    • • Kapsis D.
    • • Hatzistavridis P.
    • • Sideris E.
11:00 - 11:30
  • Coffee Break
  • Poster Session & Networking
11:30 - 13:30
  • New Dietary Guidelines: Translating Evidence into Public Health Policy
    Moderators: Naska A., Vassilopoulou E.
    • • Benetou V.: Updated dietary guidelines for infants, children and adolescents: Final recommendations and key messages
    • • Kontogianni M.: Revisiting the dietary guidelines for the adult population in Greece
    • • Filippou A.: Revisiting Physical Activity Guidelines
    • • Kontele I.: Dissemination and Awareness Strategies for the new national dietary and physical activity guidelines
13:30 - 14:00
  • Lunch Break
  • Cooking Workshop based on the New Dietary Guidelines
    • • Palisidis G.
14:00 - 15:00
  • Policies of promoting healthy eating
    Moderators: Hassapidou M.
    • • Risvas G.: Designing Effective Nutrition Policies: What Works Globally
    • • Manios Y.: National action against Childhood Obesity
    • • Kontele I.: School and Community Interventions: Scaling Up Impact
  • Pediatric Nutrition
    Moderators: Lithoxopoulou M.
    • • Zouzo V.: Nutrition, Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, and Selective Eating in Infants and Children
    • • Kotanidou E.: Disordered Eating Behaviors: Aetiology and New Therapeutic Pathways
    • • Rallis D.: Early-Life Nutrition and Developmental Programming
  • Oral Presentations | Poster Session
15:00 - 15:45
  • Ultra-Processed Foods Controversy: Myths, Realities, and Policy Implications
    • • Zampelas A.
15:45 - 16:00
  • Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00
  • Immunonutrition: The role of diet and lifestyle in immune health outcomes
    Moderators: Vassilopoulou E.
    • • Lithoxopoulou M.: The First 1,000 Days of Life and Immune Health
    • • Pitsios C.: Autoimmune disease - Diet and lifestyle factors
    • • Dimitriou A.: Weight standing in infants and children: immunological causes
  • Nutrition at the Crossroads of Diabetes and Kidney Disease: Integrated Care Strategies
    Moderators: Kazakos K. (HASD), Chourdakis M.
    • • Poulia L.: Diabetes and Kidney Disease: Integrating Nutritional Care Pathways
    • • Markaki A.: Dietary Management in Chronic Kidney Disease: From Restriction to Personalization
    • • Pappa K.: Precision Nutrition in Diabetes: Beyond Carbohydrate Counting
  • Oral Presentations
17:00 - 18:00
  • HDNA: Advancing Dietetics: Innovation, Leadership and Future Directions
    • • Androutsos O.
    • • Lebesis P.
    • • Tsironis V.
Time Sessions
09:00 - 10:00
  • Workshop: Behavioral interventions in obesity
    Moderators: Tsioudas A.
    • • El Ghoch M.: Behavior Change in Obesity: Evidence-Based Strategies for Long-Term Success
  • Workshop: Gut Microbiome Research: Methodology, Data Analysis and Interpretation
    Moderators: Gerasimidis C.
    • • Ntemiri A.: In vitro colon models for investigating the effect of dietary substrates on the human faecal microbiota: Insights from the INFOGUT/CA23110 COST WG1 action
    • • Kormas K.: Microbiome Data Analysis: Bioinformatics Tools and Interpretation Pitfalls
    • • Vardaka E.: Translating Microbiome Findings into Clinical Nutrition Practice
    • • Gerasimidis C.: Diet-microbiome interaction in health and disease.
  • Oral Presentations | Poster Session
10:00 - 11:00
  • From Guidelines to Genomics: Redefining Nutrition in the Era of Personalization
    Moderators: Dedoussis G.
    • • Skoufas S.: From Population Guidelines to Personalized Nutrition: Bridging the Gap
    • • Kalafati N.: Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics: Clinical Applications and Limitations
    • • Demetriou M.: Data-Driven Nutrition: The Role of Omics Technologies in Diet Planning
  • Cultivating Nutrition Consciousness: Culture, Sustainability and Health Prevention
    Moderators: Deligiannidou E., Kalogiannis S.
    • • Drinis I.: Foodways as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Traditional Practices and Nutritional Sustainability
    • • Fotiou S.: From Food Awareness to Food Citizenship: Global Lessons for Transforming Food Systems
    • • Deligiannidou E.: Cultivating Nutrition Consciousness: Culture, Sustainability and Health Prevention
  • Oral Presentations | Poster Session
11:00 - 11:30
  • Coffee Break
  • Poster Session & Networking
11:30 - 12:30
  • Muscle Health in Aging: Impact and the Role of Nutrition and Exercise
    Moderators: Papadopoulou S.
    • • Voulgaridou G.: Osteosarcopenia: Integrating Genetic Insights with Lifestyle Interventions for Better Aging
    • • Panayiotou G.: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Muscle Health in Aging: Toward Personalized Exercise and Nutrition Strategies
    • • Feidantsis K.: Bioactive Components of Functional Foods and Their Role in Cytoprotection, Autophagy and Apoptosis
  • Endocrine Balance and Nutrition: From Fertility to Menopause
    Moderators: Karras S.
    • • Toulis K.: Fertility and PCOS: hormonal changes
    • • Effraimidis G.: Thyroid Function: Myths, Evidence and Clinical Practice
    • • Tzotzas T.: Perimenopause and Menopause: Managing Metabolic and Hormonal Changes
  • Oral Presentations | Poster Session
12:30 - 13:00
  • The Mediterranean Diet: A Global Model for Sustainable Healthy Diets - Translating Evidence into practice
    Moderators: Derdemezis C.
    • • Anastasiou C.
13:00 - 13:30
  • Shaping Public Health Policy: The Role of Nutrition in National Strategy
    Moderators: ICONSD Committee
    • • Kravvari C.M.
13:30 - 14:30
  • Debate: Injectable Treatments for Obesity: Solution or Concern? The role of the dietitian
    • • Aggelopoulos N.: GLP-1 Therapies: A Breakthrough in Obesity Management
    • • Xenos K.: Beyond Medication: Why Nutrition and Lifestyle Still Matter
14:30 - 15:00
  • Closing Remarks