Rosanne Rust, MS, RDN, is a credentialed registered dietitian and nutritionist (RDN) and an Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ (AND) Media Excellence Award recipient. As owner of Rust Nutrition Services, Rosanne provides a variety of nutrition communication services to the food industry and science-based organizations, as well as freelance communications and media work via her Chew the Facts® brand.

As a writer, author, speaker, and content creator, Rosanne’s mission is to provide science-based nutrition information that helps people relax and enjoy eating for better health. Her content aims to help consumers turn confusion into clarity, and mistrust into confidence. Rosanne has always promoted a fad-free, doable approach to healthy eating that helps people put food and nutrition into perspective so they can set realistic health goals. She’s particularly interested in agriculture, heart health, reducing food waste and encouraging healthy eating behaviors.

Words are her jam. To that end, she's published several consumer books including the Zero Waste Cooking For Dummies® and the 2nd edition of DASH Diet For Dummies®. Find Rosanne on TikTok, X, and Instagram @chewthefacts or visit her website at rustnutrition.com.

Allison Sylvetsky, PhD, is an associate professor at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health in Washington D.C. and vice chair of the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. Her research focuses broadly on obesity and diabetes in youth and her primary interests include studying the consumption and health effects of sugar-sweetened beverages and non-nutritive sweeteners, with a key focus on their consumption during childhood.

Dr. Sylvetsky is the principal investigator of several externally-funded research projects investigating consumption, perceptions, and health effects of non-nutritive sweeteners and she has recent or ongoing research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Cancer Society (ACS), and Healthy Eating Research. Dr. Sylvetsky has a doctorate in nutrition and health sciences from Emory University and completed post-doctoral training at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the NIH.  

Disclosures:

Rosanne Rust, MS, RDN, has the following disclosures to report: she is an educational materials reviewer for the Sugar Association.

Allison Sylvetsky, PhD, has the following disclosures to report: she is a consultant to Sprindrift Beverage Company and Winston & Strawn, LLC.

The CPE activity application for Added Sugars and Non-Sugar Sweeteners: A Review of Current Recommendations, Scientific Evidence, and Future Research Needs is pending CDR review and approval for 1.0 CPEU.

The responsible provider for this activity is The Sugar Association.

Funding from non-CPE revenue for CPE planning, development, review, and/or presentation has been provided by The Sugar Association.