Nonsugar Sweeteners-Time for Transparency and Caution

Allison C Sylvetsky; Natalia Rebolledo; James W Krieger

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.6041

Nonsugar Sweeteners-Time for Transparency and Caution

JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Mar 1;178(3):217-218. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.6041.

Authors

Allison C Sylvetsky¹, Natalia Rebolledo², James W Krieger^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
² Center for Research in Food Environments and Prevention of Nutrition-Related Chronic Diseases, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Macul, Chile.
³ Healthy Food America, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

PMID: 38252446
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.6041

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the growing presence of nonsugar sweeteners (NSSs) in the food supply and mounting concerns about their use, which suggest that disclosure of the amounts of NSS in food and beverages and restrictions on their use in products marketed to children are warranted.

MeSH terms

Beverages / analysis
Humans
Non-Nutritive Sweeteners* / analysis
Sweetening Agents* / adverse effects

Substances

Sweetening Agents
Non-Nutritive Sweeteners