“Kaiser Permanente/American Heart Association Expert Roundtable on Added/Free Sugar Consumption” (May 2017)
16 videos • 230 views • by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research hosted The Kaiser Permanente/American Heart Association Expert Roundtable on Added/Free Sugar Consumption on May 3, 2017. The meeting assembled 33 leading experts, academics and advocates from across the country and internationally to discuss strategies to cut excess sugar consumption. Specifically, researchers and experts from the Harvard School of Public Health, Dannon, Partnership for a Healthier America, multiple University of California campuses, Duke University School of Public Policy, ChangeLab Solutions and others discussed topics ranging from menu labeling and federal nutritional standards to the most vulnerable communities who are "extreme consumers" of sugar. Dr. Susan Babey, co-director of the Center’s Chronic Disease Program, and Dr. William McCarthy, adjunct professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, organized the event and led the discussion.