Non-Nutritive Sweeteners Intake and Its Association With Sugars Intake Among Chilean Toddlers.

ABSTRACT: Non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) are used as sugar alternatives in foods and beverages. However, their intake and dietary sources in toddlers and their association with total sugars intake have been scarcely explored. We aimed to characterise NNS intake (sucralose, acesulfame-K, aspartame, steviol glycosides, saccharin and cyclamate) and their individual association with dietary total sugars in a sample of Chilean toddlers. Participants of the Chilean Infant Nutrition Randomised Controlled Trial (N = 450, 50% girls) were assessed at 3 years of age with sociodemographic information from their families, anthropometry of the participants and their mothers and dietary intake (via a single 24-h recall). For reported packaged foods, we obtained the energy, nutrients and NNS information from nutrit

SUBMITTER: Arevalo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12478983 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature