ISA statement in support of world health day to halt the rise of diabetes
A sweet effort to beat diabetes! The World Health Organisation (WHO) has selected diabetes as the theme for World Health Day 20161, to raise awareness of the ways in which diabetes can be prevented or managed effectively to avoid complications. On the occasion of this year’s World Health Day, WHO encourages people to focus on […]
Celebrate world oral health day with the International Sweeteners Association (ISA)
Oral health: A mirror of your overall health For a third consecutive year, the International Sweeteners Association (ISA) supports the World Dental Federation in celebrating World Oral Health Day (WOHD) on 20th March. This year, WOHD aims to get everyone to recognise the impact their oral health has on overall physical health1 and wellbeing and to spread […]
Low calorie sweetness – its impact on appetite and relationship to diet quality
FENS Conference 2015 – Berlin, 21 October: Human appetite for sweetness is innate and remains highly influenced by genetics, ethnicity and individual food experiences. However, with the increasing global health and economic burden of obesity and related non-communicable diseases, our desire for sweet taste and its impact on food choices and weight management have taken centre […]
Diet-related food primes lead to lower energy intake in dieters
EFAD Conference 2015 – Amsterdam, 26 October: While public health concerns about obesity and its consequences are high on the agenda for both governments and health professions everywhere, it is easy to forget the role that losing weight – or maintaining a healthy weight – can have in living a healthy and active life. The 9th European […]
Putting the spot light on obesity related health implications, ISA supports European Obesity Day 2015
Brussels 21 May 2015: This years’ European Obesity Day is the occasion to put the spot light on public misconceptions about obesity and its related conditions. A recent public perception study conducted by the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), which surveyed more than 14,000 people across 7 European countries, alarmingly revealed that a […]
Our appetite for sweetness is complex and influenced by multiple factors, say leading european experts
Prague, 8 May 2015: Our innate desire for sweet taste, our genetic predisposition, our liking and wanting for sweetness, and the subsequent effects on satiety, appetite, and weight management, were just some of the key points raised by a panel of leading multidisciplinary experts at a symposium on ‘Sweetness in everyday life: a scientific review of […]
Leading international experts to address our desire for sweet taste at the european congress on obesity 2015
Brussels 30 April 2015: Our desire for sweetness is something we universally share and has fascinated scientists and health experts for decades. It has resulted in a plethora of scientific studies on the subject which assess the impact of internal and external factors on our consumption behaviour in relation to sweet products. These studies are very important when […]
ISA is smiling for life on World Oral Health Day
Brussels 20 March 2015: The International Sweeteners Association (ISA) strongly supports World Oral Heath Day and the World Dental Federation in reminding people to protect their teeth and prevent oral diseases by adopting healthy oral care behaviour. Oral diseases are preventable, yet almost everyone is likely to be affected during the lifetime. The World Health […]
International experts in health science agree on benefits of low calorie sweeteners – A peer review featured in December issue of the Nutrition Bulletin
Brussels, 1st December 2014: World-class, multidisciplinary independent experts, Sigrid Gibson, Prof Adam Drewnowski, Prof James Hill, Prof Eeva Widström, Prof Hely Tuorila and Prof Anne Raben1, came together on the occasion of the International Sweeteners Association (ISA) Conference earlier this year and took the opportunity to collaborate on a review of low calorie sweeteners’ (LCS) […]
Sweet talking for World Diabetes Day
Brussels, 21 November 2014: “Low calorie sweeteners can help in weight and diabetes management, when consumed as part of a balanced diet”, said co-chair Dr Aimilia Papakonstantinou during the International Sweeteners Association (ISA) live Twitter chat held last Friday on the occasion of World Diabetes Day. Co-hosted by notable experts in the fields of dietetics and diabetes, Dr […]