Rodriguez Presents Poster at 2019 Food & Nutrition Conference and Expo

Alyssa Rodriguez, a junior nutrition major, presented a poster at the 2019 Food & Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE) in Philadelphia, PA on October 28. The conference, sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, is the world's largest meeting of food and nutrition experts where more than 10,000 registered dietitian nutritionists, nutrition science researchers, policy makers, health-care providers and industry leaders attend the annual meeting and addresses key issues affecting the health of all Americans. Alyssa's research was conducted as part of the Experimental Foods course (NTR 321) this past spring semester and under the supervision of Shelley DePinto, MS, RDN, LDN, Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics, and David Hersh, BS, Chef and Lab Technician. The poster was titled as follows: Assessing the Acceptability of Non-fat Greek Yogurt as a Fat Replacer to Produce a Low Saturated Fat Cookie, Alyssa Rodriguez, Shelley DePinto, MS, RDN, LDN, and David Hersh, BS.