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  • Intervention
    In adults, does using foods or beverages with non-nutritive sweeteners (saccharin, aspartame, acesulfame-K, sucralose, neotame) in a calorie-restricted or ad libitum diet affect energy balance?
    • Conclusion

      Using non-nutritive sweeteners in either a calorie restricted or ad libitum diet will affect overall energy balance only if the non-nutritive sweeteners are substituted for higher calorie food or beverages.

       

    • Grade: II
      • Grade I means there is Good/Strong evidence supporting the statement;
      • Grade II is Fair;
      • Grade III is Limited/Weak;
      • Grade IV is Expert Opinion Only;
      • Grade V is Not Assignable.
      • High (A) means we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect;
      • Moderate (B) means we are moderately confident in the effect estimate;
      • Low (C) means our confidence in the effect estimate is limited;
      • Very Low (D) means we have very little confidence in the effect estimate.
      • Ungraded means a grade is not assignable.
    In children, does using beverages with non-nutritive sweeteners (saccharin, aspartame, acesulfame-K, sucralose, neotame) in a calorie-restricted or ad libitum diet affect energy balance?
    • Conclusion

      Studies do not support that the use of non-nutritive sweeteners causes weight gain among children and adolescents. If non-caloric beverages, incuding NNS, are substituted for sugar-sweetened beverages, there is a potential for energy savings in adolescents.

       

    • Grade: III
      • Grade I means there is Good/Strong evidence supporting the statement;
      • Grade II is Fair;
      • Grade III is Limited/Weak;
      • Grade IV is Expert Opinion Only;
      • Grade V is Not Assignable.
      • High (A) means we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect;
      • Moderate (B) means we are moderately confident in the effect estimate;
      • Low (C) means our confidence in the effect estimate is limited;
      • Very Low (D) means we have very little confidence in the effect estimate.
      • Ungraded means a grade is not assignable.