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Dunkin' Brands adds nutrition experts to advisory board

May 1, 2013

Dunkin' Brands Group Inc., parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, has added two new members to its nutrition advisory board. They join three current members to help the company better understand and anticipate consumer health and wellness trends, while enhancing the nutritional value of menu choices available in its restaurants.

The newest members include:

• Elizabeth Johnson, M.S., R.D., is principal and founder of Food Direction LLC. She previously served as deputy chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and acting under secretary of Food Safety for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• Megan A. McCrory, Ph.D., is assistant professor of Nutrition Science and Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. She is an expert on realistic approaches to weight management and healthy living, and her laboratory focuses on eating patterns such as snacking, eating frequency and timing, and dietary variety.

They join current members Caroline Apovian, M.D., FACP, director of the Nutrition and Weight Management Center at Boston Medical Center; Janice Newell Bissex, M.S., R.D., a nutrition consultant, cookbook author, food blogger, and radio podcast host; and Aryeh D. Stein, M.P.H., Ph.D., professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, at The Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, and director of Graduate Studies for the Doctoral Program in Nutrition and Health Science at Emory University.

Formed in 2007, the nutrition advisory board helps guide and assist Dunkin' Brands with research and perspective to aid in the development and reformulation of products that meet the evolving needs of customers while incorporating current nutritional science. Additionally, members share new developments in nutrition and health-related research that impact Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins products, while ensuring that relevant issues such as menu labeling and the communication of nutritional information remain at the forefront.

"At Dunkin' Brands, listening to our guests and evolving to meet their needs has always been the foundation of our success, and we are committed to our guests' well-being. Our nutrition advisory board plays an important role in helping us stay ahead of health and wellness trends and enhance the nutritional value of our menu choices," said John Costello, president, Global Marketing and Innovation, Dunkin' Brands.

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