title: Intense Sweeteners, Appetite for the Sweet Taste, and Relationship to Weight Management.
abstract: High intensity, low-energy sweeteners (LES) are used by many consumers in order to limit energy intake and possibly facilitate body weight control. These beneficial effects are often questioned in the scientific and lay media. LES are frequently accused of stimulating and/or maintaining a liking for sweetness which in turn would be deleterious for adequate body weight control. Evidence for the specific effects of LES use on appetite for sweet products will be extracted from observational studies, experimental laboratory studies, randomized controlled trials, and finally brain imaging studies. While many of the existing studies cannot identify any causal links between use of LES and appetite for sweetness, randomized trials in children and adults suggest that use of LES tends to reduce rather than increase the intake of sugar-containing foods and to facilitate, rather than impair, weight loss.
authors.affiliation: Université Paris 13, Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine d'Ile-de-France, U1153 INSERM, U1125 INRA, CNAM, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny cedex, France.
authors.forename: France
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bellisle
mesh_terms: D001066:Appetite / Q000187:drug effects*; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D064306:Non-Nutritive Sweeteners / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013649:Taste
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D064306:Non-Nutritive Sweeteners
keywords: Appetite; Intense sweeteners; Sweetness; Weight control