Non-nutritive sweeteners and obesity

Annual Review of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-136

  Fernstrom, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteroendocrine cells; Epidemiology; Glucagon like peptide 1; Humans; Insulin; Sweet taste receptor

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD ADDITIVES; INSULIN;

ENERGY CONTENT; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELLS; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; SWEET TASTE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

NUTRITION;

SWEETENING AGENT;

CALORIC INTAKE; HUMAN; OBESITY; TASTE BUD;

ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; OBESITY; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 84928503194     PISSN: 19411413     EISSN: 19411421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-food-022814-015635     Document Type: Review

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