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Sugar, non-nutritive sweetener intake and obesity risk in college students
Pradtana Tapanee1,2, Nicole Reeder1, Rebecca Christensen1
1Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA.
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between sugar and NNS consumption with body fat percentage in young adults.
Methods:
524 college students were asked to complete the Web-based National Institutes of Health (NIH) Diet History Questionnaire II and had their body fat percentage measured using a bioelectrical impedance analysis scale.
Result:
One-fourth of the participants were classified as overfat/obese and of those overfat or obese, 49% of them were African American. Overfat/obese participants consumed significantly more sugar than the heathy group and the underfat group (p < 0.001). Saccharin consumption was significantly higher in the overfat/obese group compare to the underfat and normal groups (p < 0.001). The odds of becoming overfat/obese increased 1.2 times for excessive total sugar consumption (95% CI: 1.0-1.8, p < 0.05).
Conclusion:
Excessive sugar and saccharin consumption were associated with higher body fat percentage in young adults.
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