Trends in purchases and intake of foods and beverages containing caloric and low-calorie sweeteners over the last decade in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current food databases might not capture rapidly occurring changes in the food supply, such as the increased use of caloric (CS) and low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) in products.

Objective

We explored trends in purchases and intake of foods and beverages containing LCS, CS or both sweeteners over the last decade in the United States, as well as household and socioeconomic status (SES) predictors of these trends.

Methods

We analyzed household purchases from Homescan 2000-2010 (n = 140 352 households; 408 458 individuals) and dietary intake from National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2010 (n = 34 391 individuals). We estimated per capita purchases and intake (g or mL d(-1)) and percent of consumers of foods and beverages containing LCS, CS

SUBMITTER: Piernas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3711951 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature