Exploring the Links Between Sugars Intake and Diet Quality
November 20, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
2025-11-20 12:00 PM 2025-11-20 01:00 PM Exploring the Links Between Sugars Intake and Diet Quality America/New_York
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00 ET (12:00pm - 1:00pm ET)
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Speaker: Laurie Ricciuto, PhD (University of Toronto)
Webinar description:
Understanding the relationship between the consumption of dietary sugars and diet quality can contribute to the development of public health recommendations for maintaining good health and reducing the risk of chronic disease. Given the presence of sugars in a wide range of foods and beverages, research examining the impact of sugars intake on overall diet quality and nutrient adequacy needs to be more granular to better inform effective public health strategies. This webinar takes a deep dive into the associations between added sugars intake and diet quality, including the latest insights on the impact of multi-dimensional factors such as energy intake, food sources, age, and socioeconomic factors on the associations based on research using the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) dietary intake data.
Learning Objectives:
- Gain knowledge on the literature on the associations between added sugars intake and diet quality
- Learn about the latest research on added sugars intake, diet quality indices, and nutrient adequacy in the US and Canada
- Identify key factors that impact the association between added sugars intake and diet quality
Moderator: Anisha Mahajan (she/her) PhD, RD, CDE (University of Saskatchewan)
About the Speaker:
Dr. Laurie Ricciuto - is a public health nutrition professional with over 20 years experience spanning research, teaching, government, and food industry sectors. As a nutrition research consultant for the sugar commodity associations in the U.S. and Canada, Laurie conducts research on population intakes of dietary sugars in order to assess their alignment with dietary guideline policy. Dr. Ricciuto also works as a sessional lecturer in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. She earned her PhD in nutrition from the University of Toronto, in which she examined household food purchasing patterns in Canada and their implications for food policies, such as food labelling and fortification. She also completed her Master of Health Science degree in Community Nutrition at the University of Toronto.
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