07
February 2013
Past Event
Lower-Calorie Foods: It's Just Good Business

Lower-Calorie Foods: It's Just Good Business

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
February 07, 2013
Default Event Image
07
February 2013
Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

Speakers:
James Marks, MD, MPH

Senior Vice President and Director, Health Group, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Joyal Mulheron

Chief Strategy Officer, Partnership for a Healthier America

Dan Glickman

Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center; former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

Hank Cardello, MBA

Senior Fellow and Director, Hudson Institute Obesity Solutions Initiative

On Thursday, February 7, 2013, Hudson Institute released a new report examining efforts by major restaurant chains to sell lower calorie foods and beverages and what impact those efforts have had on those companies' bottom lines. This report was produced by the Obesity Solutions Initiative of Hudson Institute, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The release of the report focused on a key question:

__Can selling lower-calorie foods and beverages be better for corporations' sales, customer traffic, and total servings?__

Lead author Hank Cardello, Senior Fellow and Director of Hudson's Obesity Solutions Initiative, and a distinguished panel hosted this event to release the report, led a discussion of the report's findings, and analyzed the implications for both the restaurant industry and public health.

Related Events
24
October 2025
Virtual Event | Invite Only
Prioritizing the Release of Chinese Christian Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri
Featured Speakers:
Grace Jin Drexel
Bill Drexel
Olivia Enos
Getty Images
24
October 2025
Virtual Event | Invite Only
Prioritizing the Release of Chinese Christian Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri

Join Hudson for a conversation with Pastor Jin’s daughter and son-in-law about Pastor Jin, why he and the other detained Zion Church members matter for US foreign policy, and what the US government can do to secure the church members’ release.

Getty Images
Featured Speakers:
Grace Jin Drexel
Bill Drexel
Olivia Enos
28
October 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Africa’s Role in Addressing America’s Critical Minerals Refining Vulnerability
Featured Speakers:
Dr. J. Peter Pham
Michael Hollomon II
Ben Kincaid
Joshua Meservey
Getty Images
28
October 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Africa’s Role in Addressing America’s Critical Minerals Refining Vulnerability

This discussion will cover the scale of the challenge, how the US government can better support domestic and allied refining, and how African nations can climb the critical minerals supply chains.

Getty Images
Featured Speakers:
Dr. J. Peter Pham
Michael Hollomon II
Ben Kincaid
Joshua Meservey
28
October 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
The Future of US Broadband and Spectrum Strategy
Featured Speakers:
Arielle Roth
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Getty Images
28
October 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
The Future of US Broadband and Spectrum Strategy

To discuss how the administration is strengthening US leadership in communications and technology, Senior Fellow Harold Furchtgott-Roth will host Arielle Roth, assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information and administrator of the NTIA.

Getty Images
Featured Speakers:
Arielle Roth
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
23
October 2025
Past Event
The US in the South Caucasus: Mapping New Strategic Opportunities 
Featured Speakers:
Ilan Berman
Luke Coffey
Steve Daines
Michael Doran
Ambassador Khazar Ibrahim
Efgan Nifti
Joel Scanlon
: President Donald Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sign a joint declaration at the White House in Washington DC, on August 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
23
October 2025
Past Event
The US in the South Caucasus: Mapping New Strategic Opportunities 

A keynote address by Senator Steve Daines (R-MT), to examine the implications of the recent Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement. 

: President Donald Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sign a joint declaration at the White House in Washington DC, on August 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Ilan Berman
Luke Coffey
Steve Daines
Michael Doran
Ambassador Khazar Ibrahim
Efgan Nifti
Joel Scanlon