Food for Thought 2020: The science and politics of nutrition

14.45

Welcome and introduction

• Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief, The BMJ
• Jeffrey Bohn, Chief Research Officer, Swiss Re Institute

15.00

What did we learn from Food for Thought 2018 
Moderator: Navjoyt Ladher, Head of Scholarly Comment, The BMJ

Discussants:

• Nita Gandhi Forouhi, Professor of Population Health and Nutrition, and Programme Leader, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
• Dariush Mozaffarian, Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition and Medicine; Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
• John Schoonbee, Global Chief Medical Officer, Swiss Re
• Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Kings College London; Honorary Consultant Physician, Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals

15.40

Type 2 diabetes: How do we shift from treatment to reversal?
Moderator: Michael Mosley, Science Presenter, Journalist and Executive Producer

Discussants:

• Arne Astrup, Professor, Head of Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen
• Sarah Hallberg, Medical Director and Founder, Medically Supervised Weight Loss Program, Indiana University Health Arnett
• Roy Taylor, Professor of Medicine and Metabolism, Director of Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre, Newcastle University

• David Unwin, Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP); RCGP National Champion for Collaborative Care and Support Planning in Obesity & Diabetes

Should current salt guidelines be taken with a "pinch of salt"?
Moderator: Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief, The BMJ

Discussants:

• Nancy R. Cook, Professor in the Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

• Graham MacGregor, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, and Honorary Consultant, Barts & The London (Barts Health NHS Trust)

• Franz H. Messerli, Professor of Medicine, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, University of Bern
• Martin O'Donnell, Associate Professor of Translational Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), and Consultant Physician, University Hospital Galway

• John Schoonbee, Global Chief Medical Officer, Swiss Re

12.00

• Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief, The BMJ

12.05

Food for mind and body: The impact of nutrition on mental well-being
Moderator: Chris van Tulleken, Infectious diseases doctor at University College Hospital London (UCHL), Associate Professor at University College London (UCL), and BBC science presenter

Discussants:

• Georgia Ede, Nutritional Psychiatrist, Consultant, Writer and Speaker
• Joseph Firth, Presidential Fellow, Division of Psychology & Mental Health, University of Manchester
• Felice Jacka, Professor of Nutritional Psychiatry and Director of the Food & Mood Centre, IMPACT, Deakin University; Founder and President of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry  (ISNPR)
• Kimberley Wilson, Chartered Psychologist, author and visiting lecturer, and Governor of the Tavistock & Portman NHS Mental Health Trust

13.05

Closing and announcement of sessions part II

• Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief, The BMJ

15.30

Welcome and introduction

• Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief, The BMJ

15.35

Reimagining food systems to promote health in the wake of COVID-19
Moderator: Sheila Dillon, Journalist & Presenter, The Food Programme, BBC Radio 4

Discussants:

• Allison Aubrey, Food & Health Correspondent, NPR News
• Anna Lartey, Director of Nutrition, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Bhavani Shankar, Professorial Research Fellow in Food and Health, Institute for Sustainable Food and Department of Geography, University of Sheffield
• Bee Wilson, Food Writer

16.35

Comfort break

16.55

Improving nutritional research and conflicts of interest
Moderator: Dariush Mozaffarian, Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition and Medicine; Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Discussants:

• Katherine Cullerton, Research Fellow at the School of Public Health, University of Queensland, and Visiting Researcher, University of Cambridge
• Nita Gandhi Forouhi, Professor of Population Health and Nutrition, and Programme Leader, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
• Christopher Gardner, Rehnborg Farquhar Professor, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University
• Gary Taubes, Science and Health Journalist, Co-Founder and President of the Non-Profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org)

17.55

• John Schoonbee, Global Chief Medical Officer, Swiss Re
• Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief, The BMJ