Artificial Sweetener Use Among Kids Rose 200% in Less than 15 Years

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By Seth Pollard

Artificial sweetener use increased 200% among children and 54% among children from 1999 to 2012. Health experts are especially concerned about the spike in use among kids because the scientific community still doesn’t know the full health repercussions of long-term, low-cal sweetener use. [1]

According to the study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, in 1999, only 8.7% of children reported consuming artificial sweeteners, but that number had jumped to 25.1% by 2012.

Lead study author Dr. Allison Sylvetsky, assistant professor of exercise and nutrition sciences at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of …read more

Source: naturalsociety.com

    

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