title: Usefulness of artificial sweeteners for body weight control.
abstract: Artificial sweeteners provide lower calorie food products but have been thought to increase appetite and perhaps lead to increased body weight compared with high-sucrose foods. A recent trial demonstrated that subjects supplementing their diets with artificially sweetened foods lost weight, whereas those consuming high-sucrose foods gained weight. This review sheds some light on the controversy regarding the effects of artificial sweeteners in body weight control.
authors.affiliation: Obesity Research Center, St-Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA.
authors.forename: Marie-Pierre
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: St-Onge
authors.forename: Steven B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Heymsfield
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy*; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D013549:Sweetening Agents