Special Edition: Nonnutritive Sweeteners – March 2023

In this special episode on Low and No Calorie Sweeteners,  our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss with two experts the safety, efficacy and practical applications of Low and No Calorie Sweeteners.  

This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant  from Heartland Food Group, the maker of the Splenda Group of Products.  For more information just go to: www.splenda.com .

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Hope Warshaw RD, CDE, BC-ADM, registered dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. She is a past president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators and secretary of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation board.

Katherine Appleton, PhD,  Professor of Psychology at Bournemouth University. Dr. Appleton has published widely in the area of eating behavior, health, and well-being.  Important to today's topic, she was a co-author on a systematic review and meta-analyses of intervention studies on the effects of low-calorie sweeteners on energy intake and body weight, published in the International Journal of Obesity in 2021.