ASN NUTRITION 2026 Conference Preview – Session Highlights

The American Society for Nutrition’s (ASN) NUTRITION 2026 annual meeting is quickly approaching. From July 25 through July 28, in Washington D.C., the four-day event is set to feature the latest in nutrition health, including original science presentations, lectures, networking opportunities, professional development opportunities, and more.

Today, we have a curated selection of sessions currently scheduled for NUTRITION 2026. All times and dates are accurate as of July 2, 2026. Please note that the following preview does not include any pre-conference programming. Consult the full NUTRITION 2026 program for the most up-to-date times and dates.

Saturday, July 25

• Food as Medicine and Medically Tailored Dietary Interventions: Clinical Efficacy and Implementation Across Care Settings
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
  • Description: This session is set to discuss topics including the integration of community programs to advance nutrition security and cardiometabolic health, association between reductions in food insecurity and moderate-to vigorous physical activity among hypertensive adults, and more.

• Impact of Ultra-Processed Foods and Eating Timing on Metabolism and Health
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
  • Description: Topics set for this session include nutrient sensing and healthspan markers in older adults, the effects of time-restricted eating on multi-organ insulin sensitivity in adults with metabolically overweight or obesity, and others.

• Early Environmental Exposures and Later Risk of Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Outcomes: Findings from the ECHO Program
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
  • Description: This session includes discussions on the ECHO Program, maternal obesity, childhood obesity, digital media use and obesity among youth, concluding with a panel Q&A.

• Dietary Guidance at a Crossroads: Science, Practice, and Innovation
  • 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM
  • Description: Attendees will better understand how nutrition evidence becomes dietary guidance, how clinicians are closing the gap between dietary guidance and real-world eating, the role of AI/modeling, data science, and other technologies in dietary guidance, and more.

• Engaging the Public to Build Trust in Science: Strategies for Nutrition Professionals to Understand and REspond to Misinformation
  • 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
  • Description: This session includes discussions on strategies for nutrition professionals when responding to misinformation, how that misinformation warps public health debates, how to engage the public to build trust in science, and more.

Sunday, July 26

• Beyond Eating for Two: Effects of Prenatal Diet on Prenatal and Infant Health Behavior and Health Outcomes
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
  • Description: This session includes discussions on non-nutritive sweetener consumption during pregnancy, the association between prenatal dietary inflammation and appetitive traits among infants of mothers with high body mass index, among other topics.

• Advances in the Assessment of Malnutrition and Undernutrition
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
  • Description: In this session, attendees will learn about assessing the determinants of malnutrition and implications of the WHO ICD code for undernutrition in clinical settings for adults.

• Diet and Cancer
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
  • Description: The following discussions are set to take place during this discussion, among others: Plant-Based Diet and Liver Cancer Incidence and Chronic Liver Disease Mortality in the Women’s Health Initiative; Dietary Fiber Intake Correlates With Improved Allo‑HCT Survival and Supports Development of a High‑Fiber Trial; Diet Quality and Gastrointestinal Cancer-Related Blood Metabolites: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL); Ultra-Processed Foods and Cancer Risk: Associations and Methodological Considerations in the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-II Nutrition Cohort.

• Dismantling Silos in Child Nutrition: Examining the Evidence and Leveraging Social Protection Platforms
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Description: Topics discussed during this session include why connecting across malnutrition silos matters, how nutrition sensitive social protection saves lives and money, the effects of hybrid food assistance programs on child nutrition, and more.

• Navigating Competing Nutrition Goals in Older Adults
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
  • Description: Subtopics set to be discussed include cardiometabolic risk versus frailty/function, calorie restriction for longevity versus undernutrition, among others.

Monday, July 27

• Food is Medicine: Evidence and Implementation in Healthcare Systems
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
  • Description: This session will discuss facilitators and barriers to the integration of evidence-based Food is Medicine interventions — medically tailored meals, medically tailored groceries, and produce prescriptions, supported by nutrition and culinary education — into clinical practice and healthcare systems; as well as their impact on disease outcomes, healthcare utilization, and patient engagement.

• Optimizing Nutrition for Early-Life Health: From Pregnancy to Early Childhood
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
  • Description: During this session, topics discussed include associations between the gut microbiome and neurodevelopment, how amino acid-fortified oral rehydration therapy reduces duration of pediatric diarrhea, the association between neighborhood food access and adverse pregnancy outcomes, and more.

• Nutrition and Development: Birth to Young Adulthood
  • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
  • Description: This session is set to discuss supplemental nutrition assistance program participation in the United States, the nutritional and cost consequences of replacing cow’s milk with plant-based milk substitutes in WIC-Program preschool children, the impact of vitamin B12 and malnutrition on paediatric febrile seizures, in addition to others.

• Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism GEM Forum – Macronutrient Impacts on Metabolic Health at Different Life Stages
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
  • Description: This session explores the broad impact of macronutrient balance and energy dynamics on metabolic function as it evolves across different stages of the human lifespan. [The] speakers will synthesize historical foundations with recent findings on how dietary patterns and metabolic processes interact to influence health outcomes over time. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the factors that shape metabolic health, providing a refined foundation for considering how nutrition supports longevity from development through adulthood.

Tuesday, July 28

• Late Breaking/Rapid Science Oral Session
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
  • Description: This session is set to include the following discussions among others: Plant Protein–Dominant Diet Improves Glycaemic Variability and Reshapes Host–Microbiota Metabolism in Overweight Adults; Association Between Food Insecurity and Malnutrition Risk Among Cancer Survivors; Cross-Trial Prediction of Tirzepatide-Associated Weight Loss Using Trial-Level Validation.

• Beyond “GLP-1s”: Mechanistic Insights into Amylin and Glucagon Pathways in Next Generation Obesity Medicines
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
  • Description: This session includes discussions on the unexpected metabolic actions of glucagon receptor agonism in incretin-based therapies, neuropharmacology and metabolic actions of amylin, and more.

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