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Clinical and Translational Nutrition

Session Type: Award Lecture

2022 W.O. Atwater Lecture - Nutrition Information/Misinformation: Who’s Right? Who Gets to Decide?

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET

Chair(s)

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Simon Liu, PhD

Acting Administrator
Agricultural Research Service, USDA

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Moderator(s)

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Pamela Starke-Reed, PhD

Deputy Administrator
Nutrition, Food Safety, and Quality
Agricultural Research Service, USDA

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Speaker(s)

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Alice Lichtenstein, DSc (she/her/hers)

Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy Director, Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory and Senior Scientist
Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory
JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Panelist(s)

Andrew Brown, PhD

Associate Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Maumelle, Arkansas, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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Maria Godoy

Senior Editor/Health Correspondent
NPR Science
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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Sally Squires, MS, MS

Author
Former Nationally Syndicated Columnist, The Washington Post
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Disclosure(s):

Simon Liu, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Pamela Starke-Reed, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Andrew W. Brown, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Maria Godoy: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Sally Squires, MS, MS: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Information related to food and nutrition comes from many sources and in many forms. The discordance of the information has engendered distrust and impedes public health efforts to improve diet quality. What can the nutrition community do to combat misinformation? Our challenge is to develop an unbiased approach to bring order to the chaos. Join Dr. Lichtenstein for a stimulating conversation on this timely topic.

Learning Objectives:

Define different kinds of nutrition misinformation
Describe ways that the public’s confidence in food choices has been undermined
Explain potential strategies to improve the nutrition information landscape

Presentations:

10:00 AM – 10:05 AM ET

Welcome and Introductions - 2022 W.O. Atwater Lecture - Nutrition Information/Misinformation: Who’s Right? Who Gets to Decide?
Chair: Simon Liu, PhD – Agricultural Research Service, USDA
10:05 AM – 10:10 AM ET

Additional Introductions - 2022 W.O. Atwater Lecture - Nutrition Information/Misinformation: Who’s Right? Who Gets to Decide?
Chair: Simon Liu, PhD – Agricultural Research Service, USDA
10:10 AM – 11:00 AM ET

2022 W.O. Atwater Lecture - Nutrition Information/Misinformation: Who’s Right? Who Gets to Decide?
Speaker: Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc (she/her/hers) – JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET

Panel Discussion - 2022 W.O. Atwater Lecture - Nutrition Information/Misinformation: Who’s Right? Who Gets to Decide?
Moderator: Pamela Starke-Reed, PhD – Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Speaker: Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc (she/her/hers) – JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University
Panelist: Andrew W. Brown, PhD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Panelist: Maria Godoy – NPR Science
Panelist: Sally Squires, MS, MS – Former Nationally Syndicated Columnist, The Washington Post