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Session Type: Oral Session

Impact of Ultra-Processed Foods and Eating Timing on Metabolism and Health (Oral Session 5)

Saturday, July 25, 2026
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
Location:Maryland Ballroom C

    Chair(s)

  • Ihuoma Eneli, MD, MS

    Head, Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics
    Pediatrics
    University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Aurora, Colorado, United States

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

    • Co-Chair(s)

  • Swati Zaveri, PhD (she/her/hers)

    Associate Academic Research Scientist
    Emory University School of Medicine
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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

    • Presenting Author(s)

  • Diana Hume Rivera, BA (she/her/hers)

    Intramural Research Training Awardee Research Fellow
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
    Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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

  • Melissa Melough, PhD, RD

    Assistant Professor
    University of Delaware
    Wilmington, Delaware, United States

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

  • Kenny Mendoza Herrera, PhD, MS (he/him/his)

    Assistant Professor
    Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Dallas, Texas, United States

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

  • Saba Vaezi, MSc (she/her/hers)

    PhD Student
    South Dakota State University
    Brookings, South Dakota, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • Maria Chondronikola, PhD RDN

    Principal Investigator
    University of Cambridge
    Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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

  • Yanbo Zhang, PhD (he/him/his)

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Bronx, New York, United States

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

  • AE

    Armin Ezzati, PhD

    Principal Investigator
    University of Southern California
    Gainesville, Florida, United States

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

NUTRITION 2026 Oral Sessions feature the presentation of multiple abstracts organized around a common theme and highlight outstanding research representing the abstract topical areas. Complete abstract text for each abstract which will be presented at NUTRITION 2026 will be available on July 24.

Presentations:

  • 10:00 AM - 10:12 AM ET
    Why “Eat Fewer Ultra-Processed Foods” Is Challenging: Evidence for Transient Devaluation of Minimally Processed Food in Humans

    Presenting Author: Diana G. Hume Rivera, BA (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

    Co-Author: Valerie L. Darcey, PhD, MS, RD, LD (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health, NIDDK

    Co-Author: Kevin D. Hall – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

    Co-Author: Michale J. Krashes – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

    Co-Author: Juen Guo, MS, PhD – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

  • 10:12 AM - 10:24 AM ET
    Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Pubertal Status at Age 12 Within The Infant Development and Environment Study

    Presenting Author: Melissa M. Melough, PhD, RD – University of Delaware

    Co-Author: Sheela Sathyanarayana – Seattle Children's Research Institute

    Co-Author: Brennan H. Baker – Seattle Children's Research Institute

    Co-Author: Emily S. Barrett – Rutgers School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Adam A. Szpiro – University of Washington

    Co-Author: Abby F. Fleisch – MaineHealth Institute for Research

    Co-Author: Ruby Nguyen – University of Minnesota

    Co-Author: Nicole R. Bush – University of California San Francisco

    Co-Author: Alison G. Paquette – Seattle Children's Research Institute

    Co-Author: Shanna H. Swan – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Co-Author: Rachel L. Miller – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • 10:24 AM - 10:36 AM ET
    Substitution Models of Non-Ultra-Processed Food Alternatives for Ultra-Processed Foods: Association With Obesity-Related Cancers in Three Prospective US Adult Cohorts

    Presenting Author: Kenny Mendoza Herrera, PhD, MS (he/him/his) – Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Co-Author: Alan Espinosa – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier – Université Laval

    Co-Author: Zhangling Chen – The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University

    Co-Author: Cong Wang – Brigham and Women’s Hospital

    Co-Author: Edward Giovannucci – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Hong Zhang – Yale Schools of Nursing

    Co-Author: Shilpa N. Bhupathiraju – Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Sarah E. Messiah – Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Co-Author: David S. López – Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Co-Author: Frank B. Hu, MD, MPH, PhD (he/him/his) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Josiemer Mattei – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Qi Sun – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

    Co-Author: JoAnn E. Manson, MD MPH DrPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Deirdre K. Tobias, ScD (she/her/hers) – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • 10:36 AM - 10:48 AM ET
    Minimally Processed DGA-Aligned Diets Improve Nutrient Sensing and Healthspan Markers in Older Adults: A Randomized Crossover Controlled Feeding Trial

    Presenting Author: Saba Vaezi, MSc (she/her/hers) – South Dakota State University

    Co-Author: Lee Weidauer – South Dakota State University

    Co-Author: Wade Sanders – University of Michigan

    Co-Author: Moul Dey – South Dakota State University

  • 10:48 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    The Weight-Loss–Independent Effects of Early Time-Restricted Eating on Multi-Organ Insulin Sensitivity in Adults With Metabolically Complicated Overweight or Obesity

    Presenting Author: Maria Chondronikola, PhD RDN – University of Cambridge

    Co-Author: Shengjie Zhu – University of California Davis

    Co-Author: Ioanna Demetriou – University of Cambridge

    Co-Author: Grigorios Panagiotou – University of Cambridge

    Co-Author: Tessa Cacciotolo – University of Cambridge

    Co-Author: Agnieszka Jakubowska – University of Cambridge

    Co-Author: Micheal Kostapanos – Cambridge University Hospitals

    Co-Author: Stephen Sharp – University of Cambridge

    Co-Author: Baback Roshanravan – University of California Davis

    Co-Author: Prasanth Surampudi – University of California, Davis

    Co-Author: John O'Neil – MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

    Co-Author: Sadaf Farooqi – University of Cambridge

  • 11:00 AM - 11:12 AM ET
    Carbohydrate Intake Timing, Metabolomics, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Differ by Insulin Resistance Status in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

    Presenting Author: Yanbo Zhang, PhD (he/him/his) – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    Co-Author: Sarah K. Alver, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – Fred Hutch Cancer Center

    Co-Author: Kai Luo – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    Co-Author: Yi Wang – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    Co-Author: Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    Co-Author: Sravya Borra – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    Co-Author: Amanda C. McClain – San Diego State University

    Co-Author: Martha Daviglus – University of Illinois at Chicago

    Co-Author: Christina Cordero – University of Miami

    Co-Author: Linda Van Horn – Northwestern University

    Co-Author: Emma Romaker – University of Miami

    Co-Author: Beibo Zhao – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Co-Author: Bharat Thyagarajan – University of Minnesota

    Co-Author: Laura Zhou – Indiana University School of Medicine

    Co-Author: Xiaonan Xue – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    Co-Author: Bing Yu – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    Co-Author: Robert C. Kaplan – Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Fred Hutch Cancer Center

    Co-Author: Marie-Pierre St-Onge – Columbia University

    Co-Author: Qibin Qi – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  • 11:12 AM - 11:24 AM ET
    Immediate Effects of Mid-Day Time-Restricted Eating on Continuous Glucose Monitoring-Derived Metabolic Metrics in Adults With Overweight and Obesity

    Presenting Author: Armin Ezzati, PhD – University of Southern California

    Co-Author: Nicholas Arce – University of Southern California

    Co-Author: My Vu – University of Southern California

    Co-Author: David Black, PhD – University of Southern California