Usefulness of artificial sweeteners for body weight control.
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.
St-Onge
Marie-Pierre
MP
Obesity Research Center, St-Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA.
Heymsfield
Steven B
SB
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
D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D013549:Sweetening Agents