The World Health Organization recently released the Use of Non-Sugar Sweeteners: WHO Guideline. The guideline is based on a 2022 systemic review that used GRADE to summarize the evidence and make a practice recommendation.

The Osteoporosis Canada 2023 Guideline Update Group recently completed a review and evaluation of published studies using GRADE to update its 2010 osteoporosis guidelines. The PEN Team reviewed the guidelines against recently updated PEN related content to ensure that dietitians are practicing with the most up-to-date information.

An analysis of a systematic review on plant-based diet and chronic disease.

An article analysis and commentary on an article about low-salt diets and related media postings.

A recent large cohort study examining artificial sweetener intake with cancer risk concluded that artificial sweeteners were associated with increased cancer risk. This has important implications for practice, given the wide range use of sweeteners in foods and beverages and the frequency that these foods and beverages are consumed.

Recent headlines (1,2) attest that drinking coffee prevents chronic liver disease, based on a recently published study (3). The PEN Team set out to investigate whether the evidence supports these cause-and-effect statements.