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Sweetness, Satiation, and Satiety
Journal of Nutrition, 2012
The Use of Low-Calorie Sweeteners by Adults: Impact on Weight Management
Journal of Nutrition, 2012
The aim of this review is to gain clarity on the role of LCS in weight management and their impact on diet quality. In addition, because the majority of studies aimed at identifying associations between low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) and these outcomes are based on observational data, the pitfalls in designing and evaluating data from observational studies are also discussed.
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Workshop Summary: Low-Calorie Sweeteners, Appetite and Weight Control: What the Science Tells Us
Journal of Nutrition, 2012
The hope was expressed that researchers could begin to learn why individuals choose to use low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) or products containing them, because few data are presently available on this topic.
Moving Beyond “Good Fat, Bad Fat”: The Complex Roles of Dietary Lipids in Cellular Function and Health
Advances in Nutrition, 2012
This paper is comprised of extended abstracts from the International Life Science Institute North America and the American Society for Nutrition annual Functional Foods for Health Symposium and addresses issues related to emerging lipid nutrition science, including active roles of lipids in modulating physiological pathways.
The Use of Low-Calorie Sweeteners by Children: Implications for Weight Management
Journal of Nutrition, 2012
The rise in pediatric obesity since the 1970s has been well established in the United States and is becoming a major concern worldwide. As a potential means to help slow the obesity epidemic, low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) have gained attention as dietary tools to assist in adherence to weight loss plans or prevention of excess weight gain.
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