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Artificial Sweetened Beverages and Pediatric Obesity: The Controversy Continues

The pediatric obesity epidemic has gathered public and political interest recently. People often choose “diet” or artificial sweetened beverages (ASB) to combat this epidemic, but the obesity incidence continues to rise. First, I review the pediatric studies on the effect of ASB consumption with sub...

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Autor principal: Freswick, Peter N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4939516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27417465
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children1010031
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description The pediatric obesity epidemic has gathered public and political interest recently. People often choose “diet” or artificial sweetened beverages (ASB) to combat this epidemic, but the obesity incidence continues to rise. First, I review the pediatric studies on the effect of ASB consumption with subsequent food intake. Next, I present pediatric studies of chronic ASB consumption and weight change. Some epidemiologic pediatric studies have supported an association between artificial sweetener use and increased BMI but cannot prove causation. Randomized control trials have provided some evidence of weight loss with ASB ingestion among children, but study limitations may minimize these conclusions. Finally, I summarize the possible mechanisms that may drive potential effects of artificial sweeteners.
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spelling pubmed-49395162016-07-12 Artificial Sweetened Beverages and Pediatric Obesity: The Controversy Continues Freswick, Peter N Children (Basel) Review The pediatric obesity epidemic has gathered public and political interest recently. People often choose “diet” or artificial sweetened beverages (ASB) to combat this epidemic, but the obesity incidence continues to rise. First, I review the pediatric studies on the effect of ASB consumption with subsequent food intake. Next, I present pediatric studies of chronic ASB consumption and weight change. Some epidemiologic pediatric studies have supported an association between artificial sweetener use and increased BMI but cannot prove causation. Randomized control trials have provided some evidence of weight loss with ASB ingestion among children, but study limitations may minimize these conclusions. Finally, I summarize the possible mechanisms that may drive potential effects of artificial sweeteners. MDPI 2014-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4939516/ /pubmed/27417465 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children1010031 Text en © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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title_full Artificial Sweetened Beverages and Pediatric Obesity: The Controversy Continues
title_fullStr Artificial Sweetened Beverages and Pediatric Obesity: The Controversy Continues
title_full_unstemmed Artificial Sweetened Beverages and Pediatric Obesity: The Controversy Continues
title_short Artificial Sweetened Beverages and Pediatric Obesity: The Controversy Continues
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4939516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27417465
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children1010031
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