HEALTHY DIETS AND SCIENCE: Artificial sweetener users are significantly more likely than nonusers to gain weight

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Thursday 1 November 2012

Artificial sweetener users are significantly more likely than nonusers to gain weight

This study was published in Preventive Medicine 1986 Mar;15(2):195-202

Study title and authors:

Artificial sweetener use and one-year weight change among women.

Stellman SD, Garfinkel L.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3714671

This study investigated the effects of artificial sweeteners on weight change. The study included 78,694 women, aged 50-69, who were followed for one year.

The study found that artificial sweetener users were significantly more likely than nonusers to gain weight, regardless of their initial weight.