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3+hour In Person Event
Limited Tickets
Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Help or Hype?
In conversation with leading experts
The Royal Society 6-9 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AG
Tuesday 18th March 2025 17:00 – 20:15 GMT
What are NutriTalks:
In person events exploring the science, practice, nuance and varying debates in nutrition together. Limited seats. Booking on a first come, first served basis.
Join us and leading experts for an enlightening panel discussion and networking event.
- Engage with top experts as they debate the latest health tech trends
- Get your questions answered live and network with industry leaders
- Enjoy drinks and canapés
- Explore cutting-edge science together
In conversation with leading experts
Chair:
Professor Giles Yeo
Chair:
Professor Gary Frost
Lucy Jones
Professor Javier Gonzalez
Sasha Watkins
Dr Nicola Guess
Lucy Jones
Professor Javier Gonzalez
Sasha Watkins
Dr Nicola Guess
CONTENT AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This event explores the very latest evidence behind the rise of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) and the health benefits of tracking blood glucose in healthy populations. Much of the current debate surrounding CGMs revolves around their benefits, accessibility, and applicability for healthy populations. CGM wearable devices continuously track glucose levels in real-time, offering a detailed picture of glucose fluctuations.
There is no doubt that CGMs have revolutionised diabetes care. Evidence in diabetes care shows CGMs improves glycaemic control, reducing HbA1c levels. It can help to reduce time in hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia, enhancing safety and quality of life. It has enabled trend analysis and alarms for hypo/hyperglycaemia, preventing glycaemic emergencies.
While now widely recognised as a tool for diabetes management, what is the evidence for potential benefits for the non-diabetic population in engaging in personalised nutrition and metabolism science?
Our eminent Chairs Professor Giles Yeo and Professor Garry Frost will be pressing an expert panel for the nuance with lots of our community questions. Not least of all, does CGM have the potential to revolutionise health within non-diabetic populations and can we move towards a consensus on use?
Join this CPD event to:
Gain understanding of
- What CGM is measuring and what can this tell us
- The evidence base for CGMs and health
- Accuracy of CGM compared to what we want to know
Be aware of
- The evidence relating to glucose range and health within a non-diabetic population
- The evidence for CGMs accurately assessing blood glucose responses to foods
- Whether postprandial glucose peaks are problem for people in the non-diabetic range
- The evidence for use of CGMs in athletes
- The overall pros and cons of CGMs and how we can move forward to improve their validity and practical use
- The research needs
- Technology advances and future innovations for expanding usability
- Potential unintended consequences of CDM in non-diabetic populations
- Ethical and psychological considerations
Be able to
- Explain the cost, ethical, psychological and other considerations
- Consider policy implications
- Consider the role that CGM can play in integrating digital health tools and AI for personalised care
- Advocate for research
- Advocate for accessibility
- Have a more nuanced understanding of the current evidence base
Chairs
Professor Giles Yeo
Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge
Giles Yeo is a Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology and programme leader at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit in Cambridge and his research currently focuses on the influence of genes on feeding behaviour & body-weight. He is a fellow of Wolfson College, and Honorary President of the British Dietetic Association.
Professor Gary Frost
Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics
Imperial College London
Gary Frost is Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at Imperial College London, where he leads the Section of Nutrition in the Faculty of Medicine and the Centre for Translational Food and Nutrition Research. He has a broad interest in the way food influences human metabolism and has focused on the influence of dietary carbohydrate on the human gastrointestinal track. Gary currently leads the BBSRC/MRC Ageing nutrition sensing network AGENTS and the BBSRC hub RIPEN. He is the scientific lead for the EU project CoDiet.
Expert Speakers
Lucy Jones
Specialist Dietitian and Chief Clinical Officer, Oviva
Lucy is the Chief Clinical Officer for Oviva; focusing on providing the most accessible and effective care for obesity and type 2 diabetes. Lucy jointly started Oviva UK 10 years ago, after working many years as a dietitian in clinical practice, consulting and in the media.
Professor Javier Gonzalez
Professor of Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Bath
Javier’s research focusses on human fuel use. How we get fuel from our diet, burn fuels during exercise; and store fuels when they exceed requirements. This includes measurement of circulating fuels like blood glucose.
Javier has published >120 peer-reviewed papers and has practical experience from professional sport and industry.
Sasha Watkins
Health Journey Lead
Sasha Watkins is a UK Registered Dietitian with 15+ years of experience in clinical practice, product development, and digital health. Specialising in gut health, personalised nutrition, and food allergy, she translates nutrition science into practical, real-world solutions.
As Health Journey Lead at ZOE, Sasha bridges the Product and Science teams to integrate the latest research into user-centric product features, making nutrition guidance more accessible and actionable through the ZOE digital platform.
Dr Nicola Guess
Research Programme Manager, University of Oxford
Dr Guess is a clinical and academic dietician, with research and clinical interests focusing on type 2 diabetes and cardiometabolic disease. She has been the principle or coinvestigator of more than 10 trials in diet and type 2 diabetes. She currently leads a large type 2 diabetes remission program at the University of Oxford.
Moderator
Tanya Haffner
CEO RD MyNutriWeb
Tanya is a registered dietitian, CEO, and founder of MyNutriWeb educational hub and Nutrilicious consultancy and communications.
CPD CERTIFICATE & LEARNING MATERIALS
This event is approved for CPD by the AfN
I believe those who attend will have a very thought provoking evening and that it is extremely positive that the descriptor explains how the evening will get into the nuances of the topic, including the strength o f evidence, ethical and financial considerations, different types of users/uses, risks and benefits etc.
Event slides and links to other key resources will be sent within 2 weeks of attending the event, along with a separate personalised CPD certificate to save for your files. Add hello@mynutriweb.com to your safe senders to ensure you receive them.
Organisers:
The MyNutriWeb Nutrition Education Hub
About The MyNutriWeb Nutrition Education Hub
MyNutriWeb is an independent nutrition education hub for healthcare and food professionals. MyNutriWeb promotes high professional nutrition and sustainable standards through educational events, training, initiatives, resources and research.
Kindly supported by:
The Guild of Health Writers and SENSE Nutrition
About The Guild of Health Writers
The Guild of Health Writers is a national, independent, membership organisation representing many of Britain’s leading health writers, from journalists for national magazines and newspapers to writers for specialist journals, charities, and public bodies. Founded in 1994,the Guild promotes high professional standards and supports members through networking and educational events.
About SENSE Nutrition
SENSE is a professional network for freelance nutrition professionals committed to delivering evidence-based, insightful, and impactful services. Since 1996, it has been a supportive community where members learn, grow, and inspire one another. Open to self-employed Registered Nutritionists (ANutr, RNutr) and Dietitians (RD) across all fields and career stages, SENSE champions expertise while fostering professional excellence and collaboration.
With thanks to the Nutrition Team at Innocent Drinks for their unrestricted education grant
About Innocent Drinks
Launched in 1999, innocent is Europe’s leading healthy drinks brand. Our purpose is to make it easier for people to live well through the deliciousness of fruit and veg – that’s why we have an ambition of getting a billion more portions of fruit and veg into people’s diets by 2030. We now sell natural, healthy drinks in over 18 countries around the world – smoothies, super smoothies, not-from-concentrate juices, a kid’s range, coconut water, innocent plus, and bubbles: our lightly sparkling fruit juices.
We’ve always been rooted in doing business the right way. We became a B Corp back in 2018 (recertified with a score of 105.2 in 2021) and consider people and the planet in everything we do. It’s the reason we started the innocent foundation and why we’re working to halve our carbon footprint per bottle by 2030. We built the blender (our all-electric, little drinks factory), enhanced our Farmer Innovation Fund for regenerative agriculture projects, and we will never stop looking for ways to make our packaging more recyclable.
Please note, approval of each sponsor and activity is carefully assessed for suitability on a case by case basis. Sponsorship does not imply any endorsement of the brand by MyNutriWeb, its organisers, its moderators or any participating healthcare professional, or their association. Sponsorship funds are reinvested into the creation and promotion of professional development opportunities on MyNutriWeb.
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