Beverage Guidance Panel

Barry Popkin, Ph.D., Director, Interdisciplinary Obesity Center and Division of Nutrition Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Popkin is a leading scholar on dietary patterns and trends, diet and body composition and obesity.

Ben Caballero, Ph.D, M.D., Director of the Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Caballero is a member of the Institute of Medicine Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, and an eminent scholar of obesity and nutrition. His research focuses on the investigation of dietary factors, using epidemiologic approaches, in the cause and prevention of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other important conditions.

Balz Frei, Ph.D., Director and Endowed Chair, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University

Dr. Frei is a leading scholar of oxidative and nitrative stress and antioxidants, and the effects of micronutrients and phytochemicals on health.

Walter Willett, M.D., Endowed Chair and Chair of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health

Dr. Willett is a leading epidemiology scholar on the effects of diet, including all categories of beverages, on the cause and prevention of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other important conditions.

George Bray, M.D., Professor at Louisiana State University Medical Center, and director emeritus, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge

Dr. Bray is the preeminent nutrition researcher and authority on obesity and diabetes and associated health conditions.

Lawrence Armstrong, Ph.D., Human Performance Laboratory, University of Connecticut, Storrs

Leading scholar on dietary intervention (i.e., sport drinks, low salt diets, glucose-electrolyte solutions) that affect human performance.