Use of Low-Calorie Sweeteners and Weight: Facts and Myth

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Recorded February 10, 2021

Continuing Education Hours: IAFNS is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.0 Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU) for completion of this recorded webinar until February 10, 2024.

Description: Myths about LCS and effects on appetite and weight have been pervasive for years. Because of the continuing proliferation of studies that yield opposing conclusions, practitioners may err on the side of caution and recommend avoidance of sweeteners. However, given that intake of added sugars continues to be excessive and that humans have an innate desire for sweet, clarity on the evidence is needed to support fact-based recommendations for LCS use for weight-related objectives. In this session, speakers will review their recent systematic review work on questions about the relationship between intake of LCS and weight, and how these results fit into the context of the broader evidence, as well as implications for use of LCS as a tool in weight management.

Webinar program:

Welcome and Introduction

  • Richard Mattes, PhD RDN, Purdue University - Moderator

Effects of nonnutritive sweeteners on body weight and BMI in diverse clinical contexts: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

  • Hugo Laviada-Molina, MD, Marist University of Merida, Mexico

The effects of low-calorie sweeteners on energy intake and body weight: a systematic review and meta-analyses of sustained intervention studies

  • Katherine Appleton, PhD RD, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

Learning outcomes:

After this presentation, the viewer will be able to:

  • Provide recommendations on the use of LCS as a tool for weight loss and maintenance.
  • Describe the evidence base related to LCS and weight-related outcomes.
  • Describe the importance of comparators used in clinicals studies (i.e. vs. nothing, water, caloric sugars).
  • Describe purported mechanisms underlying relationships between LCS consumption and weight outcomes.

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