Low & No Calorie Sweetener 2025 Webinar Series
Advancing LNCS Research Through a Three-Part Webinar Series and Publication
IAFNS' Low & No Calorie Sweetener (LNCS) Committee hosted a 3-part webinar series to present new evidence from three large consortium projects. The projects focused on the effects of LNCS and include: Sweet Project: Developing evidence on the long-term effect of sweeteners on health; Switch: Studying the effects of non-nutritive sweetened beverages on appetite during active weight loss; and Sweet Tooth: A trial looking at the effect of sweet exposure on sweet taste preference, intake and other biomarkers of health.
Following the series, IAFNS hosted an invitation-only dialogue on October 2 with the speakers to discuss opportunities for future research.
The new data and information from the webinar series and consortium studies will be summarized in a paper to be submitted to a special addition of the journal Nutrients entitled "Advances in Sweeteners and Human Health: Metabolic, Molecular, and Epidemiological Perspectives on Safety, Efficacy, and Public Health Impact."
IAFNS is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Each individual webinar in the series awards 1 or more Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU) in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program.
Are LNCS Efficacious in Weight Management? New Evidence
Speakers:
Jason Halford, PhD, University of Leeds
Jo Harrold, PhD, University of Liverpool
Kees de Graaf, PhD, Wageningen University
Moderator: Trish Zecca, MS, IAFNS
September 10, 2025
9-10:30 am ET
Does LNCS Consumption Lead to Changes in Biomarkers of Health?
Speakers:
Ellen Blaak, PhD, Maastricht University
Monica Mars, PhD, Wageningen University
Moderator: Corey Scott, PhD, Cargill, Inc.
September 18, 2025
9-10 am ET
Sweet Taste Exposure: Taste, Preference and Eating Behaviors and the role of LNCS
Speakers:
Eva Cad, PhD, University of Ljubljana
Clarissa Dakin, PhD, University of Leeds
Moderator: Graham Finlayson, PhD, University of Leeds
September 25, 2025
9-10 am ET
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