American Society of Nutrition to Host Symposium on the Impact of Sweetened Beverages on Obesity and Obesity-related Diseases at Annual Meeting
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Nutrition will be hosting a symposium at its annual Experimental Biology 2013 meeting in Boston where medical and health experts will examine the latest scientific evidence surrounding the recent controversy around sugar sweetened beverages.
The symposium, "Sweetened Beverages and Health: Current State of Scientific Understandings," will be held on April 23 at 3:00pm at the Boston Convention and Expo Center and will focus on the controversy surrounding the health effects of both sugar sweetened beverages and non-nutritive sweetened beverages.
The symposium is sponsored by an educational grant from the Corn Refiners Association and has been endorsed by the Medical Nutrition Council.
| WHAT: |
American Society of Nutrition Late Breaking Symposium – "Sweetened Beverages and Health: Current State of Scientific Understandings" |
| WHEN: |
April 23, 3:00pm – 5:00pm EDT |
| WHERE: |
Ballroom East, Boston Convention and Expo Center, Boston |
| WHO: |
Edward Saltzman, MD, Tufts University School of Medicine (Chair) |
| James M. Rippe, MD, University of Central Florida |
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| Metabolic and Endocrine Response and Health Implications of Consuming Sweetened Beverages: Findings from Recent, Randomized, Controlled Trials |
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| David Allison, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
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| Sweetened Beverages and Obesity: Separating Supposition, From Demonstrated Fact, From Misinformation |
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| Miguel Alonso-Alonso, MD MPhil, Harvard Medical School |
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| Are Sweetened Beverages Addictive: Emerging Understandings from Functional MRI Studies |
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| Richard D. Mattes, Ph.D., Purdue University |
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| Solid Versus Liquid Calories – Their Effects on Appetite: Current Understandings and Putative Mechanisms |
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| Kimber Stanhope, Ph.D., University of California – Davis |
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| Metabolic Consequences of Consuming Fructose, Glucose, High Fructose Corn Syrup and Sucrose |
For more information on added sugars, please visit www.SweetSurprise.com.
CRA is the national trade association representing the corn refining (wet milling) industry of the United States. CRA and its predecessors have served this important segment of American agribusiness since 1913. Corn refiners manufacture sweeteners, ethanol, starch, bioproducts, corn oil, and feed products from corn components such as starch, oil, protein, and fiber.
Visit us on the Web at www.Corn.org
SOURCE Corn Refiners Association
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