Can children discriminate sugar-sweetened from non-nutritively sweetened beverages and how do they like them?

BACKGROUND: Replacement of sugar-sweetened by non-nutritively sweetened beverages or water may reduce excess weight gain in children. However, it is unclear whether children like non-nutritively sweetened beverages as much as sugar-sweetened beverages. We examined whether children could taste a diff...

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Main Authors: Janne C de Ruyter, Martijn B Katan, Rosa Kas, Margreet R Olthof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4281215?pdf=render