SWEET, a European Commission Horizon 2020 funded project, is supported by a consortium of 29 pan-European research, consumer and industry partners, who will develop and review evidence on long term benefits and potential risks involved in switching over to sweeteners and sweetness enhancers (S&SEs) in the context of public health and safety, obesity, and sustainability.
The 5 year multidisciplinary project engages stakeholders from across the food chain — consumers, patients, health professionals, scientists, policy makers, and regulators — to address the role of sweeteners in weight control, and potentially move viable products to market. Stakeholders, including consumers, patients, health professionals, scientists, policy makers, and regulators will engage in the project.
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Dr Jo Harrold is a Senior Lecturer in Appetite and Obesity in the Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool.
She is a behavioural neuroendocrinologist with a...Read More
Dr Jo Harrold
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Prof Jason Halford is Head of the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Liverpool, President Elect of the European Association of Obesity (EASO), and former Cha...Read More
Professor Jason Halford
Chair in Biological Psychology and Health Behaviour, Head of Department Psychological Sciences
Science: More than 25 years of research in the prevention and treatment of obesity and the related diseases, type-2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Main focus has been on nu...Read More
Professor Anne Raben
Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports University of CopenhagenLatest News
Sweet Consortium Meeting, Surrey UK
The SWEET consortium gathered from 14th - 15 January 2020 at the Elm Grove Conference Centre, University of Roehampton, London. The team reviewed project progress and...
SWEET Project at Obesity Week 2019
SWEET project information was made available to colleagues from dozens of countries and was discussed by consortium partner EASO at ObesityWeek 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada....
Low/no calorie sweeteners: their role in calorie reduction and diabetes management
As rates of obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including diabetes and dental caries continue to increase worldwide and calorie and sugar reduction have become public health...