title: [Consumption of carbonated beverages with nonnutritive sweeteners in Latin American university students].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Consumption of carbonated beverages with nonnutritive sweeteners (NNS) is increasingly common in order to maintain a healthy weight, but the effect of NNS on body weight is controversial.
  
  
  METHODS
  University students (n=1,229) of both sexes aged 18 to 26, of which 472 were from Chile, 300 of Panama, 253 from Guatemala and 204 of Peru. Each student was applied a frequency survey of weekly food consumption supported by photographs of beverages with NNS from each country to determine the intake of them. Also they underwent anthropometric measurements.
  
  
  RESULTS
  80% of these students consumed carbonated beverages with NNS, none of them exceeded the acceptable daily intake for sucralose, potassium acesulfame and aspartame. Increased consumption in both men and women was observed in chilean students (p.
authors.affiliation: Nutricionista, PhD. Msc. Nutrición y Alimentos, Docente carrera de Nutrición y Dietética. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad San Sebastián. Chile.. samuel.duran@uss.cl.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durán Agüero
authors.affiliation: Nutricionista, Msc. Nutrición y Alimentación. Docente carrera de Nutrición y Dietética. Universidad Interamericana de Panamá.. jgrec12@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Jiniva
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Record Cornwall
authors.affiliation: Nutricionista, Msc. Gestión de calidad. Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética. Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomas, sede Viña del Mar.. cencinav@santotomas.cl.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Encina Vega
authors.affiliation: Nutricionista, M.A. Educación universitaria. Docente Carrera de Nutrición. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia, Universidad de San Carlos.. jusal10@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: Julieta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salazar de Ariza
authors.affiliation: Nutricionista, M.A. Andragogía y Educación Superior, Docente carrera de Nutrición. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.. krcordon@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Karla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cordón Arrivillaga
authors.affiliation: Nutricionista Docente de la Escuela de Nutrición de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Perú.. mfernanda_1605@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: María del Pilar
authors.initials: Mdel P
authors.lastname: Cereceda Bujaico
authors.affiliation: Nutricionista Docente de la Escuela de Nutrición de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Perú.. sissy_espinoza@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Antezana Alzamora
authors.affiliation: Nutricionista Docente de la Escuela de Nutrición de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Perú.. santezana68@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Sissy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Espinoza Bernardo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002253:Carbonated Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D064306:Non-Nutritive Sweeteners; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D064306:Non-Nutritive Sweeteners