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Understanding Sweetness: April 2, 2008, National Press Club, Washington DC

Please click here to access the Understanding Sweetness program. *Due to large file sizes, we have not included the scientific or culinary references in the downloadble program PDF. If you would like to have these emailed to you, please contact Sara Talcott @ 617-896-4825.

All speakers' Understanding Sweetness presentations are available below as downloadable PDFs.

Gary Beauchamp, PhD

"Sweet Taste Perception is Innately Organized"

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George Blackburn, MD, PhD

"Sugars and Sweeteners:
Need, Desire, and Safety"

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Sue Borra, RD

"Consumer Attitudes Towards Healthy
Eating and Sugars"

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Connie Diekman, MEd, RD, FADA

"Understanding and Managing Sweetness in Daily Life"

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Julie Miller Jones, PhD

Presentation Coming Soon
Karen Teff, PhD

"Endocrine and Metabolic Effects of Consuming Sweetened Beverages"

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Brian Wansink, MS, PhD

"What To Do About the Trend of More"

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Holly Wyatt, MD

"Learning from Losers: Findings from the National Weight Control Registry"

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Debra Zellner, PhD

"Are Sweets Addicting?"

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