date:Aug 21, 2012
Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), researchers writing in theAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutritionfound that 6.1% of children reported drinking sugar-free soft drinks in 1999-2000, compared to 12.5% in 2007-2008. Adults consumption of artificially sweetened drinks has increased during that time too, though not as rapidly, from 18.7% in 1999-2000 to 24.1% in 2007-2008.
Led by Allison Sylvetsky of Emory University in Atlanta, the researchers suggested