date:Oct 29, 2019
Non-nutritive or artificial sweeteners are a growing part of US diets, now consumed by at least one in four children. A new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement is calling for the amount of these no- or low-calorie sweeteners to be listed on product labels. In this way, families and researchers can better understand how much children are consuming and any possible health effects.
The AAP policy statement, The Use of Non-nutritive Sweeteners in Children, offers a summary of the