ArticleBMC obesity2017
Intake of non-nutritive sweeteners is associated with an unhealthy lifestyle: a cross-sectional study in subjects with morbid obesity.
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- Artificial sweeteners and risk of cardiometabolic outcomes and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nutrition research and practice · 2026Review
- Eccrine sweat reveals normalization of artificial sweetener levels in children with overweight after nutritional education.iScience · 2025Article
- Changes in serum zonulin in individuals with morbid obesity after weight-loss interventions: a prospective cohort study.BMC endocrine disorders · 2020Article
- Are Nonnutritive Sweeteners Obesogenic? Associations between Diet, Faecal Microbiota, and Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Morbidly Obese Subjects.Journal of obesity · 2019Article
- Low-Calorie Beverage Consumption, Diet Quality and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in British Adults.Nutrients · 2018Article
- Diet-Quality and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Non-Nutritive Sweetener Use in the Australian Population.Nutrients · 2018Article
- Separating "good" from "bad" faecal dysbiosis - evidence from two cross-sectional studies.BMC obesity · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundSubjects with morbid obesity commonly use Non-Nutritive Sweeteners (NNS), but the health-related effects of NNS have been questioned. The objectives of this study were to explore the associations between theuse of NNS and the health and lifestyle in subjects with morbid obesity.
methodsThis cross-sectional study included subjects with morbid obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m
resultsOne hundred subjects (women/men 83/17; mean age 44.3 years (SD 8.5)) were included. Median intake of NNS was 3.3 units (range 0 - 43). Intake of NNS was not associated with BMI (
conclusionsThe use of NNS-containing beverages was associated with an unhealthy lifestyle, reduced physical and mental health and unfavourable dietary habits with increased energy intake including sugar, and reduced intake of some vitamins.
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