Brussels. Professor of Hygiene and Epidemiology from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of Unimore, Professor Marco Vinceti, has been called by EFSA – the European Food Safety Authority – headed by a team for a major European research project on the effects of sugar intake. The team, called “Added Sugars”, is under construction and will consist of seven selected experts with specific epidemiological, nutritional and clinical-metabolic skills across Europe. In particular, EFSA – in agreement with the European Commission and in response to a request from certain countries in Northern Europe (Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland) – seeks to entrust the team with the task of performing between a comprehensive assessment of the health effects of sugar intake (through food and drink) between 2017 and 2020. The objective is to define new nutritional and public health recommendations applicable to the European population. (9Colonne)
