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Webinar: “Healthy Ageing: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Life Course Pathways to Longer Healthspan”
October 2026
Date: October 13, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM IST/8:30 AM ET
Mode: Online, on Zoom
On October 13, 2026, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health India Research Center (IRC) will host a webinar titled, “Healthy Ageing: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Life Course Pathways to Longer Healthspan.” The session will examine the impact of nutrition and metabolic health on healthy ageing, including how healthy behaviors across the life course can help extend the number of years spent in good health.
This is the fourth session of our webinar series, “The Impact of Diets on Non-Communicable Diseases: Evidence and the Next Steps,“ that aims to bring together global and national experts to explore the relationship between diet, nutrition, and various types of NCDs. Discussions will focus on the current state of science, data gaps, prevention strategies, ongoing programs, interventions, and policy priorities, along with recommendations for strengthening public health responses in India.
Speakers:
- Dr. William Mair, Professor of Molecular Metabolism, Director of the Harvard Chan School Aging Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Dr. Prabhdeep Kaur, Professor and Chair, Isaac Centre for Public Health, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
- Dr. Ritu Rana, Mission Head – Healthcare, HelpAge India
Moderated by:
Dr. Courtney Marie Peterson, Associate Professor of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Objectives:
- Examine the role of nutrition and metabolic health as foundations of healthy ageing and healthspan in India.
- Explore how India’s demographic, epidemiological, and socioeconomic transitions are reshaping the needs of an ageing population.
- Discuss global best practices, key challenges and evidence-based strategies to strengthen healthy ageing in India.
- Identify opportunities to integrate nutrition and metabolic health into healthy ageing policies, primary healthcare, and community-based interventions across the life course.
- Discuss recommendations for a more gender-responsive, equitable, preventive, and multisectoral approach to healthy ageing that extends healthspan while reducing the burden of chronic disease.