Dominic O’Connor, a SWEET consortium member in Work Package 2 from the University of Leeds, has completed his PhD project. Dominic’s thesis, ‘Sweet Food Preferences and Associated Appetite Regulatory Mechanisms’ has two primary contributing studies examining sweet...
What is your role in the project? In the SWEET project I am involved in work package 6 on ‘Stakeholder Engagement, Dissemination and Commercial Exploitation’. ILSI Europe is the SWEET Innovation Manager, which is a key role in the project aiming to identify and engage...
Lisa, it’s lovely to meet you. Please tell us a bit about yourself. I am a first-year PhD student at University College London, having taken up my position in January of 2020. Originally I am from Scotland’s east coast and I have lived in both Edinburgh and Glasgow...
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 learned from one another. Face to face meetings are valuable in projects of this scale and...
Why did you decide to participate in this project?As sugar reduction strategies are becoming more of a global focal point, sweetener use can be a valuable tool in this strategy. However, many questions exists around the use of sweeteners. We chose to participate in...
Professor Raben, it’s great to meet you. Please tell us about your role in the projectI am the project co-coordinator from Copenhagen, working with the Coordinators in Liverpool. Further, I am leader of WP3, which concerns a 2-year randomised controlled trial (RCT) in...
