Sweeteners: health, obesity, safety and sustainability

Santiago Navas-Carretero se licenció en Farmacia por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid en 2002, y se doctoró en Nutrición en 2007 por esta misma Universidad, recibiendo además la mención “Doctor Europeus”. Se incorporó a la Universidad de Navarra en Octubre de 2008 y desde entonces lleva realizando sus labores de investigación en dicho Centro. Es investigador en el Centro de Investigación en Nutrición de la Universidad de Navarra. Es Investigador Principal de 2 contratos de investigación (Nutriprecisión y Medkids), 2 proyectos de Gobierno de Navarra (ALINFA y CORALS-centros educativos), además de haber participado en numerosos proyectos de nivel regional, nacional y europeo. Cabe destacar los proyectos europeos Food4Me, PREVIEW y SWEET. Además, es autor o coautor de 120 articulos científicos y capítulos de libros.

Sheree Bryant es directora de comunicaciones de la Asociación Europea para el Estudio de la Obesidad y proporciona apoyo de comunicación y difusión al proyecto SWEET.

Professor Monique Raats is Director of the University of Surrey’s Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health (FCBH) Research Centre. FCBH research domains include: food-related behaviour and policy interventions (such as labelling, health claims) to achieve sustainable and healthy lifestyles; social, policy and ethical issues relevant to the grand societal challenges such as sustainability and obesity; study of food systems from the perspective of significant actors and stakeholders within the system; methodologically advancing the field of food consumer science through exploring novel sources of data and methods of data linking. She previously worked at the Institute of Food Research, Health Education Authority and University of Oxford. Her expertise is in the area of public health and behavioural nutrition research, gained on a variety of projects. Her research is wide ranging both in terms of topics covered (e.g. food choice, policy development, food safety) and methodologies used (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, stakeholder consultation). To date she has published over 140 refereed papers, other publications including 20 book chapters and edited two books ("The Psychology of Food Choice" and "Food for the Ag(e)ing Population").

Dr James Suckling is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, within the University of Surrey, UK. He trained as a physicist, before working for 6 years in R&D at Sharp. He has worked in sustainability for 6 years and researched diverse topics including circular economy models for mobile phones, up-scaling of niche innovations in the water-energy-food nexus, rearing insects for food and feed, and upscaling of smart local energy systems. All his research in CES has had a multi-disciplinary focus, including technical and social aspects throughout. He has expertise in life cycle assessment. His latest role is on the EU Horizon 2020 funded SWEET Project, researching the sustainability of replacing sugar with sweeteners and sweetness enhancers in food and drink.