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As announced previously, the INC is organizing the Symposium “Nuts and Cardiovascular Health”, to be held on March, 4th, 2010, in Barcelona, Spain, within the frame of the 2nd Congress of the Federation of Societies of Nutrition, Food and Dietetics (FESNAD), March 3-5, 2010, at the Catalunya Palace of Congresses, Barcelona.

The INC 90-minute Symposium will gather leading nut researchers from Europe, the United States and Australia, bringing the opportunity to spread the health benefits of nuts to the biggest group of health influencers, researchers and specialized media. The session will review the main scientific studies that have examined the health benefits of nuts consumption in the last 5 years. Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvadó, member of the INC Scientific Committee, is co-moderating the session.

The summary of the speeches will be available the following week on a webinar through the INC web site at www.nutfruit.org for everybody to view.The INC will disseminate the main outcomes of the symposium in this recorded webinar to food and health professionals, educators and media.

The INC will be also publishing the proceedings of the Symposium in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, one of the world’s most prestigious medical journals specialized in nutrition and dietetics.

The INC Symposium on Nuts and Cardiovascular Health will allow us to disseminate the health benefits of nuts to a remarkable group of health influencers and researchers. Our participation will expand INC’s brand and will put it at the forefront in the nutrition research community.

NUTS AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH Thursday, March 4, 2010, 3:30pm – 5:00pm Barcelona, Spain PROGRAM Moderators: Dr. Emilio Ros, Lipids Unit of Barcelona Hospital Clinic (Spain) Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Human Nutrition Unit, University Rovira i Virgili (Spain) Topic 1: Nut consumption, weight gain and obesity Prof. Miguel A. Martínez-González, University of Navarra (Spain) Topic 2: Nuts, lipids and cardiovascular risk Dr. Joan Sabaté, Loma Linda University (USA) Topic 3: Nuts, insulin sensitivity and diabetes Dr. Linda C Tapsell, University of Wollongong (Australia)

Miguel A. Martínez-González, MD, PhD, MPH, chairs the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Medical School, University of Navarra, Spain. He is Coordinator of the Research Network RD 06/0045 “Healthy Diet for Prevention of Chronic Disease” (PREDIMED, Effects of the Mediterranean diet on the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases), and the principal investigator of the SUN cohort study (>20,000 participants) funded by the Spanish Government, the Carlos III Health Institute, FIS and the Navarra Government, Department of Health (10 grants, 2001-2009).

Joan Sabaté, MD, DrPH, is the Chair of the Department of Nutrition in the School of Public Health in Loma Linda University where he conducts research and teaches graduate students. He was the first to report the cholesterol-lowering effects of nuts and its beneficial properties on heart health. Dr. Sabaté’s most recent research has focused on the relationship of pecans, almonds, peanuts and walnuts to CHD risk and includes a research project in Lyon, France, conducting analysis on the data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

Linda Tapsell, PhD, is a Fellow of the Dietitians Association of Australia with a research focus on demonstrating the health benefits of foods in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes. She is Director of Nutrition Research in the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Australia, and Editor in Chief of the journal Nutrition and Dietetics.