Nutrients Webinar | Nutrition as a Critical Driver of Bariatric Outcomes
18 November 2025
Welcome from the Chair
24th Nutrients Webinar
Nutrition as a Critical Driver of Bariatric Outcomes
Dear colleagues,
Bariatric surgery is among the most effective treatments for severe obesity and related comorbidities. Yet lasting success depends on rigorous nutritional management, from preoperative risk screening and micronutrient assessment to postoperative protocols, supplementation, behavioral counseling, and long-term follow-up. This webinar, linked to the Nutrients Special Issue on bariatric surgery and nutrition, will showcase evidence and practical strategies to enhance efficacy, safety, and durability of outcomes across diverse populations and care settings.
Clinicians, dietitians, researchers, and educators are warmly invited to join, bring questions, and help advance an integrated, patient-centered standard of care.
Sincerely,
Evelyn Frias-Toral, MD, MSc.
Date: 18 November 2025
Time: 1:00 pm CET | 8:00 am EDT | 8:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 831 3697 8113
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Registration
This is a FREE webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Certificates of attendance will be delivered to those who attend the live webinar.
Can’t attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.
Event Chair
Division of Research, Texas State University, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA,
School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Av. Pdte. Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, Guayaquil 090615, Ecuador
Associate Professor at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil (UCSG), Ecuador, and Grant Writer in the Division of Research at Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA. She serves as Secretary of the Ibero–Latin American Section of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ILAS–ASPEN) and is a member of the UCSG Editorial Council. She was part of the inaugural ESPEN Early Career Faculty. Evelyn is an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Nutrition, Journal of Translational Medicine, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, Food & Agricultural Immunology, and Minerva Endocrinology. Her research interests include obesity and related disorders, malnutrition, the Mediterranean diet, very-low-calorie ketogenic diets (VLCKD), bariatric surgery and dietetics, and vitamin D. She has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications.
Keynote Speakers
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
Associate Professor of Human Nutrition at the Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana" University of Salerno, Italy. Presently, my main research interest are: 1. Dietetics applied to bariatric surgery 2. Clinical impact of bariatric surgery on patient’s body composition (fat mass and fat-free mass) and Resting Metabolic Rate 3. Pre- and post-operative treatment of micronutrient deficiencies in patients that underwent bariatric surgery.
Gastro Obeso Center—Metabolic Optimization Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
General and Digestive Surgery, Professor of surgery with main dedication to bariatric surgery and treatment of obesity Medicam Director of GastroObesoCenter - Metabolic Optimization Institute São Paulo - Brazil MSc and PhD in surgery President of Brazilian Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery 2012-13 President of IFSO International Federation for Surgery of Obesity and Other Therapies 2018-19 Fellow of ASMBS, ACS and IFSO
Program
|
Speaker |
Presentation Title |
Time in CET |
Time in EDT |
Time in CST Asia |
|
Assoc. Prof. Evelyn Frias-Toral |
Chair Introduction |
1:00–1:05 p.m. |
8:00–8:05 a.m. |
8:00–8:05 p.m. |
|
Assoc. Prof. Evelyn Frias-Toral |
Why This Special Issue Now: Nutrition as a Critical Driver of Bariatric Outcomes |
1:05–1:15 p.m. |
8:05–8:15 a.m. |
8:05–8:15 p.m. |
|
Assoc. Prof. Luigi Schiavo |
Nutritional and Metabolic Insights After Bariatric Surgery |
1:15–1:35 p.m. |
8:15–8:35 a.m. |
8:15–8:35 p.m. |
|
Prof. Almino C. Ramos |
Surgical Strategies and Nutritional Care in Latin America |
1:35–1:50 p.m. |
8:35–8:50 a.m. |
8:35–8:50 p.m. |
|
Q&A Session |
1:50–2:00 p.m. |
8:50–9:00 a.m. |
8:50–9:00 p.m. |
|
|
Assoc. Prof. Evelyn Frias-Toral |
Closing of Webinar |
2:00–2:05 p.m. |
9:00–9:05 a.m. |
9:00–9:05 p.m. |
Relevant Special Issue
Diet and Nutrition in Bariatric Interventions
Edited by Dr. Evelyn Frias-Toral, Prof. Dr. Ramos Almino and Dr. Luigi Schiavo
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 January 2026
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