Nonnutritive Sweeteners in Weight Management and Chronic Disease: A Review

Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 635-640

  Sylvetsky, Allison C ^a,b   Rother, Kristina I ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENER;

APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT CONTROL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SWEETNESS; TASTE BUD; TASTE PREFERENCE; BODY WEIGHT MAINTENANCE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT MAINTENANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS; OBESITY;

EID: 85044286535     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.22139     Document Type: Review

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