Samuel Duran Agüero1, Gloria Oñate2, Pablo Haro Rivera3. 1. Carrera de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Sebastián, Providencia, Chile. 2. Carrera de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Autónoma, Santiago de Chile, Chile. 3. Carrera de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Viña del Mar, Chile.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The impact of non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) on energy intake and body weight is not clear although they provide no energy compared to sucrose. OBJECTIVE: To establish if there are differences in the consumption of NNS as per the nutritional status and its association with overweight. POPULATION, MATERIAL AND METHODS: Cross-sectional study including 571 male and female students aged 10-16 years old from the cities of Viña del Mar and Santiago de Chile who were administered an adapted food survey using pictures of NNS-containing products; nutritional status was assessed and students with overweight and obesity were categorized as a the overweight group. RESULTS: Of all surveyed students, 96.6% consume NNS on a daily basis. The comparison between the total NNS intake by nutritional status showed that male students in the overweight group consume more sucralose (p < 0.05) and saccharin (p < 0.01), while the comparison of NNS intake per kilogram of body weight showed that NNS consumption was higher in the overweight group (p < 0.05). Among female students, the normal weight group showed a higher consumption of acesulfame K per kilogram of body weight than the overweight group (p < 0.05). No association was observed in the studied sample between the overall NNS intake and obesity. CONCLUSION: Of all surveyed students, 96.6% consume NNS on a daily basis, and no association was found between NNS consumption and overweight.
INTRODUCTION: The impact of non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) on energy intake and body weight is not clear although they provide no energy compared to sucrose. OBJECTIVE: To establish if there are differences in the consumption of NNS as per the nutritional status and its association with overweight. POPULATION, MATERIAL AND METHODS: Cross-sectional study including 571 male and female students aged 10-16 years old from the cities of Viña del Mar and Santiago de Chile who were administered an adapted food survey using pictures of NNS-containing products; nutritional status was assessed and students with overweight and obesity were categorized as a the overweight group. RESULTS: Of all surveyed students, 96.6% consume NNS on a daily basis. The comparison between the total NNS intake by nutritional status showed that male students in the overweight group consume more sucralose (p < 0.05) and saccharin (p < 0.01), while the comparison of NNS intake per kilogram of body weight showed that NNS consumption was higher in the overweight group (p < 0.05). Among female students, the normal weight group showed a higher consumption of acesulfame K per kilogram of body weight than the overweight group (p < 0.05). No association was observed in the studied sample between the overall NNS intake and obesity. CONCLUSION: Of all surveyed students, 96.6% consume NNS on a daily basis, and no association was found between NNS consumption and overweight.
Authors: Samuel Durán Agüero; Lissé Angarita Dávila; Ma Cristina Escobar Contreras; Diana Rojas Gómez; Jorge de Assis Costa Journal: Biomed Res Int Date: 2018-01-08 Impact factor: 3.411