Dr. Magnuson has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, abstracts and professional articles, is on the editorial board of two journals and is an active member of various committees of the Institute of Food Technologists and the Society of Toxicology. Dr. Magnuson was the lead author of an expert review of the safety of aspartame entitled Aspartame: A Safety Evaluation Based on Current Use Levels, Regulations, and Toxicological and Epidemiological Studies published in Critical Reviews of Toxicology (37:629-727, 2007). In these clips, Dr. Magnuson discusses the expert review.

A member of numerous professional societies, including the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the American Society for Neurochemistry and the Society for Neuroscience, Dr. Fernstrom has published over 200 articles and reviews and has edited the proceedings of three scientific conferences. Here, he discusses what aspartame is, why it is so useful in our diet, and details the some of the science which affirms the safety of aspartame.

Formerly Clinical Director of the Wellcome Clinical Research Facility, based at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, he is now Honorary Professor and Consultant at the University College Hospital London. Professor Finer is also a registered nutritionist and has served as Chairman of the Association for the Study of Obesity. In this interview, Professor Finer gives advice about ways in which we can maintain a healthy diet.