The Caffeine Committee promotes scientific evaluation of health and safety issues related to caffeine consumption and serves as a resource for reliable science on caffeine to support the advancement of public health.
Systematic Review Now Available:
Systematic Review of the Potential Adverse Effects of Caffeine Consumption in Healthy Adults, Pregnant Women, Adolescents, and Children.
Selected as the "Best Paper of the Year” for by the editors of Food and Chemical Toxicology.
Why is this research valuable?
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Applied Food Sciences, Inc.
Keurig Dr Pepper
Kraft Heinz Company
PepsiCo, Inc.
Red Bull GmbH
ACADEMIC ADVISOR
Marilyn Cornelis, PhD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
GOVERNMENT ADVISOR
Harris Lieberman, PhD, Military Nutrition Division
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM)
Projects Supported by the Committee:
Publications
Key Findings and Implications of a Recent Systematic Review of the Potential Adverse Effects of Caffeine Consumption in Healthy Adults, Pregnant Women, Adolescents, and Children
Nutrients, 2018
Systematic Review of the Potential Adverse Effects of Caffeine Consumption in Healthy Adults, Pregnant Women, Adolescents, and Children
Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2017
This Systematic Review looked at five adverse health outcomes associated with caffeine consumption and over 2 dozen specific endpoints related to caffeine in the areas of: acute toxicity, cardiovascular effects, bone and calcium, behavior reproductive & development toxicity.
Past Events
Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting
December 11, 2017
Arlington, Virgina, USA
This presentation will showcase the recently completed Systematic Review of Caffeine and adverse health outcomes.
Conducting a Systematic Review for a Global Audience: Challenges in Merging Nutrition and Toxicological Evidence for a Safety Assessment of Caffeine
April 22, 2017
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Experimental Biology 2017
April 21, 2017 – April 25, 2017
Chicago, Illinois, USA
IAFNS is supporting various sessions at the 2017 Experimental Biology Conference.
- Harris Lieberman, US Army - Behavior - Video
- Charles O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania - Behavior - Video (See Lieberman for pdf)
- Jennifer Peck, PhD University of Oklahoma - Reproductive & Developmental Toxicity - Video
- Daniele Wikoff on behalf of Jeffrey Goldberger, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine- Cardiovascular - Video
- Connie Weaver, PhD, Purdue University - Bone & Calcium - Video
- Milton Tenenbein, MD, University of Manitoba - Acute & Pharmacokinetics - Video
Moderated by Dennis Keefe, PhD
Panel includes: 6 of the 7 Scientific Advisory Board members, Daniele Wikoff of ToxStrategies (Scientific Review Team), Alison Kretser of IAFNS (Oversight Committee) Overall Conclusions - presented by Daniele Wikoff
Full session playlist

See IAFNS's other sessions at Experimental Biology 2017:
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The events below were organized by IAFNS. To access the entire conference program, visit the Experimental Biology website.
Conducting a Systematic Review for a Global Audience: Challenges in Merging Nutrition and Toxicological Evidence for a Safety Assessment of CaffeineSaturday, 22 April 2017
8:30AM - 12:30PM
Ballroom S100BC
Speakers: Dennis Keefe, FDA; Harris Lieberman, USARIEM; Esther Myers, EF Myers Consulting; Charles O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Peck, University of Oklahoma; Milton Tenenbein, University of Manitoba; Connie Weaver, Purdue University; Daniele Wikoff, ToxStrategies
Supported by the IAFNS Caffeine Working Group
Session Info & Videos The Changing Brain: How Brain Plasticity, Exercise and Nutrition Affect Function and Cognition
Saturday, 22 April 2017
3:00PM - 5:00PM,
Ballroom S100BC
- Neurogensis and brain plasticity in the adult brain - Henriette van Praag, National Institute on Aging;
- The Relation of Exercise, fitness, & Adiposity to Cognitive and Brain Health - Charles Hillman, University of Illinois - Video
- Neuroinflammatory Processes in Cognitive Disorders - Sophie Laye, Universite Bordeaux - Video
- Exercise, Nutrition and Brain Funciton: What are the steps toward dietary and physical activity Recommendations? - Mary Ann Johnson, University of Georgia - Video
- Panel Discussion - Video
Sunday, 23 April 2017
8:30AM- 10:30AM
S105BCD
Speakers:
- Intro to Predictive Modeling: From Linear Regression Models to Mechanistic Mathematical Modeling - David Allison, University of Alabama at Birmingham - Video;
- Use of Predictive Modeling in the Design of Clinical Studies Kevin Hall, NIDDK - Video;
- Application of Predictive Modeling in Weight Loss Counseling - Corby Martin, Pennington Biomedical Research Center - Video;
- Application of Predictive Modeling in Personalized Nutrition - Ben van Ommen, TNO - Video;
- Utility of PRedictive Modeling for Public Health Obesity Policies - Emily Dhurandhar, Texas Tech University - Video;
- Summary and Wrap-Up - Diana Thomas, West Point - Video
Supported by the IAFNS Protein Committee - Full session playlist
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
11:00AM - 12:30PM
S105AB
Speakers: Kara Livingston, Tufts University; Caleigh Sawicki, Tufts University
Supported by the IAFNS Carbohydrate Committee Posters
Sources of dietary folate/folic acid in women of different races in the United States between 2009 and 2012: What is the role of fortified and enriched products?
Abstract Number: 6707
Poster Board Number C88
Presenter: Ray DeVirgiliis, George Washington University
Monday, 24 April
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