In healthy subjects , appetite and short term food intake , risk of cancer , risk of diabetes , risk of dental caries , weight gain and risk of obesity are the most investigated health outcomes .
Overall there is no conclusive evidence for beneficial and harmful effects on those outcomes .
In subjects with diabetes and hypertension , the evidence regarding health outcomes of NNS use is also inconsistent .
Background Food products containing non-nutritive sweeteners ( NNSs ) instead of sugar have become increasingly popular in the last decades .
Their appeal is obviously related to their calorie-free sweet taste .
However , with the dramatic increase in their consumption , it is reasonable and timely to evaluate their potential health benefits and , more importantly , potential adverse effects .
The main aim of this scoping review was to map the evidence about health outcomes possibly associated with regular NNS consumption by examining the extent , range , and nature of research activity in this area .
Physical changes in the home environment to reduce television viewing and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among 5- to 12-year-old children: a randomized pilot study.
This study evaluated the feasibility of a home-based intervention to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage intake and television viewing among children . Lower income parents of overweight children aged 5 - 12 years ( n = 40 ) were r and omized to a home environment intervention to reduce television viewing with locking devices and displace availability of sugar-sweetened beverages with home delivery of non-caloric beverages ( n = 25 ) , or to a no-intervention control group ( n = 15 ) for 6 months . Data were collected at baseline and 6 months . After 6 months , television viewing hours per day was significantly lower in the intervention group compared with the control group ( 1.7 [ SE = .02 ] vs. 2.6 [ SE = .25 ] hours/day , respectively , P < .01 ) .  Sugar-sweetened beverage intake was marginally significantly lower among intervention group compared to control group children ( 0.21 [ SE = .09 ] vs. 0.45 [ SE = .10 ] , respectively , P < .09 ) . Body mass index ( BMI ) z-score was not significantly lower among intervention compared to control children . Among a lower income sample of children , a home-based intervention  reduced television viewing , but not sugar-sweetened beverage intake or BMI z-score
In healthy subjects , appetite and short term food intake , risk of cancer , risk of diabetes , risk of dental caries , weight gain and risk of obesity are the most investigated health outcomes .
Overall there is no conclusive evidence for beneficial and harmful effects on those outcomes .
In subjects with diabetes and hypertension , the evidence regarding health outcomes of NNS use is also inconsistent .
Background Food products containing non-nutritive sweeteners ( NNSs ) instead of sugar have become increasingly popular in the last decades .
Their appeal is obviously related to their calorie-free sweet taste .
However , with the dramatic increase in their consumption , it is reasonable and timely to evaluate their potential health benefits and , more importantly , potential adverse effects .
The main aim of this scoping review was to map the evidence about health outcomes possibly associated with regular NNS consumption by examining the extent , range , and nature of research activity in this area .