Trends in purchases and intake of foods and beverages containing caloric and low-calorie sweeteners over the last decade in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Current food databases might not capture rapidly occurring changes in the food supply, such as the increased use of caloric (CS) and low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) in products.We explored trends in purchases and intake of foods and beverages containing LCS, CS or both sweeteners over the last decade in the United States, as well as household and socioeconomic status (SES) predictors of these trends.We analyzed household purchases from Homescan 2000-2010 (n?=?140?352 households; 408?458 individuals) and dietary intake from National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2010 (n?=?34?391 individuals). We estimated per capita purchases and intake (g or mL?d(-1)) and percent of consumers of foods and beverages containing LCS, CS or both LCS?+?CS. We estimated change in purchases associated with SES and household composition using random-effects longitudinal models.From 2000 to 2010, percent of households purchasing CS products decreased, whereas that for LCS and LCS?+?CS products increased among all types of households and particularly among those with children. African-American, Hispanic and households with children had a higher % CS beverage purchases (+9, +4 and +3%, respectively, P?

SUBMITTER: Piernas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3711951 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature