The DNSG has held this conference every year since 1982 in order to improve scientific exchange on the clinical and metabolic effects of nutrition in relation to diabetes. The group is comprised of more than 120 standing members, who are world leaders in their respective areas of nutrition and diabetes.
This year the conference featured a session titled “Fruit Sources in Diabetes –Friend or Foe?”, which was sponsored by the INC, with a panel of world-renowned experts in nutrition research, including Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvadó (Rovira i Virgili University, Spain), Prof. David Jenkins (University of Toronto, Canada), Prof. John Sievenpiper (University of Toronto, Canada) and Dr. Andreea Zurbau (University of Toronto, Canada). The session was attended by about 140 participants, including health professionals (clinicians and dietitians) and university professors.
The videos of the presentations have been posted on YouTube:
This year the conference featured a session titled “Fruit Sources in Diabetes –Friend or Foe?”, which was sponsored by the INC, with a panel of world-renowned experts in nutrition research, including Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvadó (Rovira i Virgili University, Spain), Prof. David Jenkins (University of Toronto, Canada), Prof. John Sievenpiper (University of Toronto, Canada) and Dr. Andreea Zurbau (University of Toronto, Canada). The session was attended by about 140 participants, including health professionals (clinicians and dietitians) and university professors.
The videos of the presentations have been posted on YouTube:
- Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvadó: Fruit Sources and Cardio-metabolic Health in the PREDIMED Study
- Prof. David Jenkins: Dried Fruit and Fresh Fruit in Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
- Prof. John Sievenpiper: Fruit Juices in Diabetes –A Cause for Concern?
- Dr. Andreea Zurbau: Relation of Different Fruit Sources with Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes, A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies
