Sugars or sweeteners: towards guidelines for their use in practice – report from an expert consultationFootnote

Participants, excluding the authors: Professor Nils-Georg Asp, SNF Swedish Nutrition Foundation, Lund, Sweden; Professor Christian Berne, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden; Chief Dietitian Christina Eklund, Uppsala University Children's Hospital, Sweden; Dr Mats Eriksson, örebro University Hospital, Sweden; Professor Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson, Lund University, Sweden; Dr Carl-Erik Flodmark, University Hospital Malmö, Sweden; Dietitian Birgit Hännikäinen, Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden; Dr Ingrid Larsson, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; Associate Professor Peter Lingström, Kristianstad University and the Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Sweden; Professor Claude Marcus, Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden; Professor Thomas Modéer, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm; Dr Alicia Mortensen, Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Søborg, Denmark; Dietitian Eva Persson-Trotzig, The Hospital in Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden; Chief Nutritionist Annica Sohlström, National Food Administration, Uppsala, Sweden.

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