The American Heart Association conducted a two-day interactive and collaborative forum where around 110 professionals engaged in food production, development, and processing, food manufacturing and servicing, regulation and legislation, and nutrition recommendations received updates from experts and shared information. Participants also discussed ways to translate the recently published American Heart Association added sugars consumption recommendation into programs and implement the recommendation to improve the overall American diet.
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Please see below for key elements of the conference agenda and presentations.
Day 1: May 5, 2010
| Session I: | Welcome and Meeting Overview |
| 8:30 - 8:35 a.m. | Objectives and Expected Outcomes |
| 8:35 - 8:45 a.m. | Definitions and Examples of Added Sugars and Conference Scope Brent Flickinger, PhD, Archer Daniels Midland Company Presentation |
| 8:45 - 8:50 a.m. | Overview of Agenda Presentation |
| Session II: | Current Added Sugars Recommendations |
| 8:50 - 9:10 a.m. | American Heart Association Recommendation |
| 9:10 - 9:30 a.m. | Added Sugars Recommendations: From the DRIs to the Current US Dietary Guidelines Joanne R. Lupton, PhD, Texas A&M University Presentation |
| 9:30 - 9:55 a.m. | Overview of International Trends and Recommendations |
| 9:55 - 10:15 a.m. | Facilitated discussion Panelists responded to questions from attendees. |
| 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| Session III: | Consumers and Added Sugars in Food Supply |
| 10:30- 10:55 a.m. | Measuring Added Sugars Amy F. Subar, PhD, MPH, RD. U.S. National Cancer Institute Presentation |
| 10:55 - 11:15 a.m. | Added Sugars in Diets of Individuals and the Food Environment Susan M. Krebs-Smith, PhD, U.S. National Cancer Institute Presentation |
| 11:15 - 11:35 a.m. | Facilitated discussion Panelists responded to questions from attendees. |
| 11:35 a.m. - 12:35 p.m. | Lunch |
| Session IV: | Food Technology Behind Added Sugars |
| 12:35 - 12:55 p.m. | Role of Sugars in Foods and Why Sugars are Added John S. White, PhD, White Technical Research Presentation |
| 12:55 -1:15 p.m. | Sugar Substitutes and Functionality Darryl Holliday for John Finley, PhD, Louisiana State University Presentation |
| 1:15 - 1:35 p.m. | Challenges, Successes, and Unintended Consequences of Reducing Levels of Sugars Added to Foods Eyal Shimoni, PhD, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Presentation |
| 1:35 - 1:55 p.m. | Facilitated discussion Panelists responded to questions from attendees. |
| Session V: | Added Sugars and Health |
| 1:55 - 2:15 p.m. | Added Sugars and Health (Adults) Frank Sacks, MD, Harvard School of Public Health Presentation |
| 2:15 - 2:35 p.m. | Epidemiological Aspects of Added Sugars and Health in Children Stephen Daniels, MD, PhD, University of Colorado Presentation |
| 2:35 - 2:55 p.m. | Dietary Sugars & Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Childhood Rae-Ellen Kavey, MD, University of Rochester Presentation |
| 2:55 - 3:15 p.m. | Facilitated discussion Panelists responded to questions from attendees. |
| 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| Session VI: | Food Manufacturer Perspectives |
| 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. | Food Industry Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities (Case #1 - Beverages) Marge Leahy, PhD, The Coca-Cola Company Presentation |
| 3:45 - 4:00 p.m. | Food Industry Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities (Case #2 - Candy and Sweets) Alison Bodor, National Confectioners Association Presentation |
| 4:00 - 4:15 p.m. | Food Industry Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities (Case #3 - Baked Goods) Brian Strouts, American Institute of Baking International Presentation |
| 4:15 - 4:30 p.m. | Food Industry Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities (Case #4 - Dairy Foods and Beverages) Ann Ocana, Innovation Cetner for U.S. Dairy Presentation not available |
| 4:30 - 4:45 p.m. | Food Industry Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities (Case #5 - Cereals) Kathy Wiemer, MS, RD, General Mills Presentation |
| 4:45 - 5:05 p.m. | Facilitated discussion Panelists responded to questions from attendees. |
| 5:05 - 5:10 p.m. | Closing Remarks for Day 1 Rachel K. Johnson, PhD, MPH, RD, University of Vermont |
| Day 2: May 6, 2010 | |
| 8:30 - 8:35 a.m. | Opening Remarks Rachel K. Johnson, PhD, MPH, RD, University of Vermont |
| Session VII (A): | Translation and Implementation of Added Sugars Intake Recommendations |
| 8:35 - 8:50 a.m. | Historical Perspective of Added Sugars Labeling Virginia Wilkening, MS, RD Presentation |
| 8:50 - 9:10 a.m. | Added Sugars on the Food Label, Regulating, Monitoring, and Compliance Kathy Ellwood, PhD, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Presentation |
| 9:10 - 9: 30 a.m. | Sweet Talk: Small Changes to Better Health Rachel Lindstrom, PhD, University of Colorado Denver Presentation |
| 9:30 - 9:50 a.m. | Facilitated discussion Panelists responded to questions from attendees. |
| Session VII (B): | Translation and Implementation of Added Sugars Intake Recommendations |
| 9:50 - 10:10 a.m. | Modeling food intakes to Achieve Nutrient Adequacy with Limited Energy Intake Susan I Barr, PhD, RD, University of British Columbia Presentation |
| 10:10 - 10:30 a.m. | Positive Approaches to Improve Eating Behaviors and the Food Environment Gary Foster, PhD, Temple University Presentation |
| 10:30 - 10:50 a.m. | Facilitated discussion Panelists responded to questions from attendees. |
| 10:50 - 10:55 a.m. | Closing General Sessions - Where to go from here? Lawrence Appel, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Presentation |
| Session VIII: | Breakout Sessions |
| 10:55 - 11:05 a.m. | Issues to address in breakout sessions Brent Flickinger, PhD, Archer Daniels Midland Company |
| 11:05 - 11:15 a.m. | Break |
| 11:15 a.m. - 2:25 p.m. | Facilitated breakout discussions and working sessions Groups broke for lunch as determined by the facilitator. |
| 2:25 - 3:10 p.m. | Summary of breakout session discussions Breakout sesion facilitator/leaders reported back to the entire audience. |
| 3:10 - 3:15 p.m. | Concluding Remarks Rachel K. Johnson, PhD, MPH, RD, University of Vermont |
| 3:15 p.m. | Adjourn |
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