Salt intake is significantly higher than the daily recommendation in many countries. What is being done globally to reduce salt intake, and how effective have these strategies been?
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Aisling Aherne, PhD RNutr FIFST
Nutrition Science Manager - Kerry
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Aisling is a Registered Nutritionist, a Fellow and Chartered Scientist of the Institute of Food Science & Technology and the Nutrition Science Manager for Kerry Europe. Aisling has over 20 years of experience working in nutritional science including scientific research, clinical nutrition, science communication, and nutritional science & regulations. In her current role, Aisling is responsible for developing and delivering the Kerry nutrition strategy as well as keeping updated on ever evolving nutrition regulations and policies. She is very engaged with external stakeholders – Aisling is the chair of the Food Drink Ireland Public Affairs Group, as well as a committee member with Nutritionists in Industry, the FDF UK Nutrition Committee, and FDE Nutrition & Health Group.
Hosted in Dublin, October 15th to 18th, the 13th Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) Conference is the premier European meeting in its field. The theme for this year’s conference was “Malnutrition in an Obese World – European Perspectives”, and featured a wide range of international speakers, covering the spectrum of nutritional science in plenary… Read more »
There’s a global focus on reducing calories in foods to improve consumer health, but one question many have is ‘which products do we focus on?’ Kerry’s recent study, ConsumerFirst, revealed useful insights into calorie reduction strategies for the food and beverage industry. Specifically, the results give guidance about which product categories and sub-categories where calorie… Read more »
Media coverage on the role of red and processed meat in a healthy diet is a constant back and forth between claims it will cause cancer to claims it can improve health. We sat down with two of our nutrition experts, Aisling Aherne, PhD, RNutr and Aoife Murphy, PhD, to see what their guidance would… Read more »
