Use of Low-Calorie Sweeteners and Weight: Facts and Myth

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Recorded February 10, 2021

Continuing Education Hours: IAFNS is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.0 Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU) for completion of this recorded webinar until February 10, 2024.

Description: Myths about LCS and effects on appetite and weight have been pervasive for years. Because of the continuing proliferation of studies that yield opposing conclusions, practitioners may err on the side of caution and recommend avoidance of sweeteners. However, given that intake of added sugars continues to be excessive and that humans have an innate desire for sweet, clarity on the evidence is needed to support fact-based recommendations for LCS use for weight-related objectives. In this session, speakers will review their recent systematic review work on questions about the relationship between intake of LCS and weight, and how these results fit into the context of the broader evidence, as well as implications for use of LCS as a tool in weight management.

Webinar program:

Welcome and Introduction

  • Richard Mattes, PhD RDN, Purdue University - Moderator

Effects of nonnutritive sweeteners on body weight and BMI in diverse clinical contexts: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

  • Hugo Laviada-Molina, MD, Marist University of Merida, Mexico

The effects of low-calorie sweeteners on energy intake and body weight: a systematic review and meta-analyses of sustained intervention studies

  • Katherine Appleton, PhD RD, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

Learning outcomes:

After this presentation, the viewer will be able to:

  • Provide recommendations on the use of LCS as a tool for weight loss and maintenance.
  • Describe the evidence base related to LCS and weight-related outcomes.
  • Describe the importance of comparators used in clinicals studies (i.e. vs. nothing, water, caloric sugars).
  • Describe purported mechanisms underlying relationships between LCS consumption and weight outcomes.

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Understanding Sweetness: Perception, Liking, and the Role of Sweet Taste in a Healthy Eating Plan

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Recorded December 2, 2020.

Continuing Education Hours: IAFNS is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.0 Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU) for completion of this recorded webinar.

Description:

As a means of addressing excess intakes of added sugars and the link to obesity, authoritative guidance (e.g., from the Pan America Health Organization, Health Canada, and others) includes avoidance of sweet taste in a dietary pattern. Statements about avoidance of sweet include use of low-calorie sweeteners, a tool shown to be useful in reducing added sugars intake. There is an opportunity to communicate what is known about how individuals perceive sweet, alterations due to changes in physiology, and implications for health. Reconciling current messages about sweet taste given individual variability and the role of sweet in a healthy eating plan will be covered. Finally, speakers will review some of the research gaps toward better understanding the role of sweetness to support optimal public health messaging and nutrition counseling.

Webinar program:

Moderator: Marie Latulippe, MS, RDN, IAFNS

Individual Differences in Sweet Taste: Implications for Nutrition Practitioners

  • Beverly J Tepper, PhD, Head of the Sensory Evaluation Laboratory Director of the Center for Sensory Sciences & Innovation Department of Food Science, Rutgers University

Crafting Public Health Messages Around Sweet Taste: The Struggle is Real

  • Robin M. Tucker, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University

Learning outcomes:

After this presentation, the viewer will be able to:

  • Articulate the rationale for differences in patient and client responses to sweetness.

  • Provide evidence-based responses to client questions about sweetness in the diet and management of gestational diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and weight.

  • Counsel clients and patients on where and how to identify sweetness in the diet and the role of sweetness in an eating plan that promotes health.

Continuing Education Hours: IAFNS is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.0 Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU) for completion of this recorded webinar until December 2, 2023.

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Tools and Tactics for Reducing Added Sugars Intake: Guidance for Practitioners with a Focus on Low-Calorie Sweetener Safety and Appropriate Use

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A collaborative webinar with the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Recorded October 18, 2019

Continuing Education Hours: IAFNS is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.0 Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU) for completion of this recorded webinar until November 7, 2022.

Webinar program:

Introduction

Moderator: Marie Latulippe, Senior Program Manager, IAFNS

Premarket safety evaluation of food additives

  • Njwen Anyangwe, PhD, Toxicologist, the US Food and Drug Administration

AACE summary perspective

  • Brij Makkar, MD, Representing the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists

What does this mean for practitioners?

  • Deepa Handu, PhD, RD, Senior Scientific Director, The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Learning outcomes:

After this presentation, the viewer will be able to:

  1. Describe derivation of an acceptable daily intake (ADI) value and understand the underlying rationale and degree of protection conferred to consumers.
  2.  Better understand expected risk of LCS use in various life stages, as well as interpret data on low-calorie sweetener intake in the context of the ADI value.
  3.  Be able to provide sound information on the safety and use of low-calorie sweeteners for reduction of added sugars intake.

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Something Changed, but What Does it Mean? Effects of Low-Calorie Sweeteners on the Gut Microbiome

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Recorded September 25, 2020.

Continuing Education Hours: IAFNS is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.0 Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU) for completion of this recorded webinar.

Webinar program:

Moderator: Marie Latulippe, MS, RDN, IAFNS

The current state of knowledge on gut microbiome and diet: an overview

  • Cindy Davis, PhD, National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements

What the evidence tells us about the effect of low-calorie sweeteners on the gut microbiome

  • Alexandra Lobach, PhD, Intertek

Learning outcomes:

After this presentation, the viewer will be able to:

  1. Understand the current state of knowledge with respect to defining a “healthy gut microbiome.”
  2. Interpret statements about foods/ingredients and effect on the gut microbiome in light of the currently available methods, including strengths and limitations.
  3. Provide evidence-based recommendation about sweetener use in response to client questions about effects on the gut microbiome.

Continuing Education Hours: IAFNS is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.0 Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU) for completion of this recorded webinar until September 25, 2023.

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