Original Research Cited by World Health Organization: Health effects of the use of non-sugar sweeteners (2022)

Keller, Amélie (Participant)
O'Reilly, Eilis (Participant)
Malik, Vasanti (Participant)
Buring, Julie E. (Participant)
Andersen, Ingelise (Participant)
Steffen, Lyn (Participant)
Robien, Kim (Participant)
Männistö, Satu (Participant)
Rimm, Eric B. (Participant)
Willett, Walter (Participant)
Heitmann, Berit (PI)

School of Public Health

Impact: Health Impact, Social Impact

Narrative

WHO produced a review of literature on non-sugar sweeteners. Our study in 6 cohorts in Europe and US on replacing sugar sweetened beverages with non-sugar showed risk of heart disease is lowered.
The WHO document was subsequently cited by 29 policy documents and 400+ papers.

Impact status	Open
Category of impact	Health Impact, Social Impact

SDGs impacted

SDG 3 - Good Health and Wellbeing
SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Documents & Links

From exec summary "Consumption of free sugars has been linked to escalating rates of overweight and obesity, as well as development of diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including dental caries, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. As part of global efforts to stem the tide of obesity and diet-related NCDs, the World Health Organization has issued guidance on intake of sugars, recommending that intake be significantly reduced. With the current focus on reducing intake of free sugars, interest in non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) as a possible alternative has intensified."

Original Research Cited by World Health Organization: Health effects of the use of non-sugar sweeteners (2022)

Narrative

SDGs impacted

Documents & Links

Related content

Research output

Substitution of sugar-sweetened beverages for other beverages and the risk of developing coronary heart disease: Results from the Harvard Pooling Project of Diet and Coronary Disease