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Does low-energy sweetener consumption affect energy intake and body weight? A systematic review, including meta-analyses, of the evidence from human and animal studies
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By reducing energy density, low-energy sweeteners (LES) might be expected to reduce energy intake (EI) and body weight (BW). To assess the totality of the evidence testing the null hypothesis that LES exposure (versus sugars or unsweetened alternatives) has no effect on EI or BW, we conducted a systematic review of relevant studies in animals and humans consuming LES with ad libitum access to food energy. In 62 of 90 animal studies exposure to LES did not affect or decreased BW. Of 28 reporting increased BW, 19 compared LES with glucose exposure using a specific 'learning' paradigm. Twelve prospective cohort studies in humans reported inconsistent associations between LES use and body mass index (-0.002 kg m(-)(2) per year, 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.009 to 0.005). Meta-analysis of short-term randomized controlled trials (129 comparisons) showed reduced total EI for LES versus sugar-sweetened food or beverage consumption before an ad libitum meal (-94 kcal, 95% CI -122 to -66), with no difference versus water (-2 kcal, 95% CI -30 to 26). This was consistent with EI results from sustained intervention randomized controlled trials (10 comparisons). Meta-analysis of sustained intervention randomized controlled trials (4 weeks to 40 months) showed that consumption of LES versus sugar led to relatively reduced BW (nine comparisons; -1.35 kg, 95% CI -2.28 to -0.42), and a similar relative reduction in BW versus water (three comparisons; -1.24 kg, 95% CI -2.22 to -0.26). Most animal studies did not mimic LES consumption by humans, and reverse causation may influence the results of prospective cohort studies. The preponderance of evidence from all human randomized controlled trials indicates that LES do not increase EI or BW, whether compared with caloric or non-caloric (for example, water) control conditions. Overall, the balance of evidence indicates that use of LES in place of sugar, in children and adults, leads to reduced EI and BW, and possibly also when compared with water.
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“Our findings are also similar to those from a recent systematic review and meta-analysis [9], based on 129 short-term randomised controlled trials in children and adults, reported that the consumption of low-calorie sweeteners in place of sugar reduces energy intake and body weight.”
BackgroundResultMathur, P., & Bakshi, A. (2023) · Nutrition & Food Science · doi:10.1108/nfs-03-2023-0060 · Cited by 14
Masic, U., Harrold, J. A., Christiansen, P., Cuthbertson, D. J., Hardman, C. A., Robinson, E., & Halford, J. C. G. (2016) · Contemporary Clinical Trials · doi:10.1016/j.cct.2016.12.012 · Cited by 15
Yin, T., Li, J., Wang, Y., Liu, K., Long, T., & Cheng, L. (2022) · Nutrients · doi:10.3390/nu14214445 · Cited by 16
“supposed to be attributed to reverse causality [85].”
BackgroundThe impact of non-caloric artificial sweetener aspartame on female reproductive system in mice model
Naik, A. Q., Zafar, T., & Shrivastava, V. K. (2023) · Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology · doi:10.1186/s12958-023-01115-4 · Cited by 15
“These observations are supported by some researchers [49, 50] who reported that ASP intake induces satiety, decreases food intake and bodyweight.”
BackgroundDietary Sugar Intake and Risk of Noncommunicable Diseases
Mojto, V., Singh, R. B., Gvozdjáková, A., Mojtová, M., Kucharská, J., Jaglan, P., Vančová, O., & Takahashi, T. (2018) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-813148-0.00017-7 · Cited by 13
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Is There an Academic Bias against Low-Energy Sweeteners?
Mela, D. J. (2022) · Nutrients · doi:10.3390/nu14071428 · Cited by 13
“caloric sweeteners, and generally has neutral effects on total energy intakes relative to unsweetened (mainly water) controls [10,11,15,16].”
BackgroundResultSensory influences on food choice and energy intake
Forde, C. G., & de Graaf, K. C. (2022) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-89903-1.00013-x · Cited by 12
Movahedian, M., Golzan, S. A., Asbaghi, O., Prabahar, K., & Hekmatdoost, A. (2023) · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition · doi:10.1080/10408398.2023.2233615 · Cited by 14
“Cohort studies investigating the relationship between low-calorie sweetener use and BMI have reported conflicting results, with some studies reporting an increase (Azad et al. 2017; Miller and Perez 2014) in BMI and others finding no significant change (Rogers et al. 2016).”
Gearon, E., Peeters, A., Ng, W. L., Hodge, A. M., & Backholer, K. (2018) · International Journal of Public Health · doi:10.1007/s00038-018-1100-z · Cited by 14
Combating Excessive Eating: A Role for Four Evidence‐Based Remedies
Rogers, P. J. (2018) · Obesity · doi:10.1002/oby.22280 · Cited by 15
“As predicted by the lack of short-term balancing of energy intake against energy expenditure, recent meta-analyses of acute and longer-term randomized controlled trials in human participants have demonstrated that consumption of LCS compared with consumption of sugars reduces energy intake and body weight (58,59).”
BackgroundMethodResultInfluentialZhang, S., Limei, E., Lu, Z., Yu, Y., Yang, X., Chen, Y., & Jiang, X. (2023) · Nutrients · doi:10.3390/nu15030629 · Cited by 12
A Comparison of the Satiety Effects of a Fruit Smoothie, Its Fresh Fruit Equivalent and Other Drinks
Rogers, P. J., & Shahrokni, R. O. (2018) · Nutrients · doi:10.3390/nu10040431 · Cited by 12
“This may be partly true for gulped liquids, but the energy consumed will be detected in the gut and post-absorptively and clearly does have a satiating effect as confirmed by the effects of sugar-containing drinks, outlined above [11].”
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Klaassen, T., Keszthelyi, D., Troost, F. J., Bast, A., & Masclee, A. (2021) · European Journal of Nutrition · doi:10.1007/s00394-021-02485-4 · Cited by 12
Akhtar, M. S., Rehman, A., Arshad, H., Malik, A., Fatima, M., Tabassum, T., Raza, A. R., Bukhsh, M., Murtaza, M. A., Mehmood, M. H., et al. (2021) · Dose-Response · doi:10.1177/1559325821996955 · Cited by 12
“Body weight is highly sensitive variable in toxicity studies and taken into consideration when noxious effects of several drugs are going to be determined.(25) The treatment of animals with test chalcone analogues showed a substantial increase in body weight which reflected the improvement in general health conditions…”
BackgroundHiggins, K., Rawal, R., Kramer, M., Baer, D. J., Yerke, A. M., & Klurfeld, D. M. (2024) · Advances in Nutrition · doi:10.1016/j.advnut.2024.100239 · Cited by 12
“…only RCT [19,32,36,38,44 – 46]; 3 included only prospective cohorts and/or case – control studies [20,47,48]; and 10 included RCT and NRS (including prospective cohorts, retrospective cohorts, case – control, cross-sectional, and non-randomized clinical trials) [11,30,31,34,35,37,39,49 – 51].”
InfluentialEspinosa, A., Mendoza, K., Laviada‐Molina, H., Rangel-Méndez, J. A., Molina-Seguí, F., Sun, Q., Tobias, D. K., Willett, W. C., & Mattei, J. (2024) · Advances in Nutrition · doi:10.1016/j.advnut.2024.100292 · Cited by 13
Effects of artificial and natural sweeteners on host metabolic health: A double-edged sword
Xue, H., Kang, X., Hong, K., Gao, Y., Tang, Y., Lin, Y., Liu, X., Huang, W., Zhan, J., & You, Y. (2025) · Food Research International · doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2025.117158 · Cited by 14
Do low-calorie sweeteners promote weight gain in rodents?
Glendinning, J. I. (2016) · Physiology & Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.01.043 · Cited by 11
Lodi, A., Karsten, B., Bosco, G., López, M. G., Brandão, P. P., Bianco, A., & Paoli, A. (2016) · Journal of Medicinal Food · doi:10.1089/jmf.2016.0072 · Cited by 13
“However, more studies are required to confirm these negative suggestions, since a recent review shows that there is no evidence for a limitation of their use to reduce energy intake.(70) The same author states that our congenitally liking for sweetness implies that the reward value from sugar and low-calorie sweetener…”
Chern, C., & Tan, S. (2019) · Nutrients · doi:10.3390/nu11081782 · Cited by 11
“Our observations were consistent with a systematic review of observational and short-term interventional trials, where NNS use did not increase appetite, food intake or weight gain in humans [52].”
ResultBridge-Comer, P. E., Vickers, M. H., Morton-Jones, J., Spada, A., Rong, J., & Reynolds, C. M. (2022) · Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease · doi:10.1017/s2040174422000022 · Cited by 11
Higgins, K., Rawal, R., Baer, D. J., O’Connor, L. E., & Appleton, K. M. (2022) · Advances in Nutrition · doi:10.1093/advances/nmac090 · Cited by 11
Sylvetsky, A. C., Hiedacavage, A., Shah, N., Pokorney, P. E., Baldauf, S., Merrigan, K., Smith, V., Long, M. W., Black, R., Robien, K., et al. (2019) · Obesity Science & Practice · doi:10.1002/osp4.334 · Cited by 10
“The majority of RCTs show that replacement of SSBs with LCS reduces body weight (71).”
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Artificial Sweeteners: Perceptions and Realities
Samreen, H., & Dhaneshwar, S. S. (2022) · Current Diabetes Reviews · doi:10.2174/1573399818666220429083052 · Cited by 10
Metadata
- Authors
- Rogers, P. J., Hogenkamp, P. S., de Graaf, C., Higgs, S., Lluch, A., Ness, A. R., Penfold, C., Perry, R., Putz, P., Yeomans, M. R., & Mela, D. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- Danone (France) (FR)
- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Sussex (GB)
- Unilever Research and Development Vlaardingen (NL)
- Venue
- International Journal of Obesity
- Published
- 2015-09-14
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 381-394
- ISSN
- 0307-0565 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-5497
- PMC
- PMC4786736
- OpenAlex
- W2171131656
- Cited by
- 358
- References
- 210
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 46 · 2017: 44 · 2016: 31 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 5.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Journal of Obesity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0513-10083)
- European Commission (607310)
- University of Bristol
- Wageningen University and Research
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Keywords
- energy intake, body weight, body mass index, sugar-sweetened beverages, ad libitum feeding, energy density, weight gain, reverse causality, animal studies, prospective cohort, randomized controlled trials
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Body Weight, Energy Intake, Humans, Obesity, Sweetening Agents, Reproducibility of Results, Weight Gain, Body Mass Index, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Evidence-Based Medicine, Models, Animal, Non-Nutritive Sweeteners, Observational Studies as Topic
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