Mar 22 2024European Association for the Study of Obesity New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Venice, Italy , suggests that replacing sugar-sweetened food and drinks with low/no energy sweetened products can help weight control for at least one year after rapid weight loss in adults, without increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
S&SEs have very high sweetening power but contribute little or nothing to energy intake. Natural and synthesized sweeteners, such as aspartame, stevia, and saccharin, are commonly added to products by the food and drink industry to cut the sugar content, and are consumed by millions of people around the world every day, for example in soft drinks, desserts, and breakfast foods.
The trial recruited 341 adults with overweight or obesity ≥25 kg/m2), and 38 children with overweight from Denmark, Spain, Greece, and The Netherlands through web pages, social media, newspapers and registries. As planned, intake of sugar-rich foods and beverages declined in both groups over the trial, but significantly more in the S&SE than in the sugar group. At the same time, intake of S&SE products increased in the S&SE group and declined in the sugar group. These results were confirmed by urinary biomarker analyses.
Sweeteners reduce cravings for sweet foods and improve well-being in adults In further analyses of eating behavior, researchers found that adults in the S&SE group reported greater diet satisfaction when eating out, increased positive mood, and lower craving for sweet food at 6 months than the sugar group. In contrast, adults in the sugar group had greater liking for sweet over savoury foods at 6 months and 12 months.
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