Early-life exposure to non-nutritive sweeteners and the developmental origins of childhood obesity: Global evidence from human and rodent studies

Nutrients

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Archibald, Alyssa J ^a   Dolinsky, Vernon W ^b,c   Azad, Meghan B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial sweeteners; Children; Developmental origins of health and disease; Infants; Low calorie sweeteners; Non nutritive sweeteners; Obesity; Pregnancy; Prenatal nutrition

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; SWEETENING AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENER;

ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED BEVERAGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LACTATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ANIMAL; BEVERAGE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MALE; NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 85041950215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu10020194     Document Type: Review

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