Allison C. Sylvetsky|Mitchell J Greenberg|Xiongce Zhao|Kristina I. Rother
What Parents Think about Giving Nonnutritive Sweeteners to Their Children: A Pilot Study
National Institutes of Health|National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases|George Washington University|National Institutes of Health|National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases|National Institutes of Health|National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases|National Institutes of Health|National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
objective evaluate parental attitudes toward providing foods beverages nonnutritive sweeteners nns children explore parental ability recognize nns packaged foods beverages methods 120 parents children 1 18 years age completed brief questionnaires upon entering exiting grocery store parental attitudes toward nns assessed using interviewerassisted survey parental selection packaged food beverages without nns evaluated shopping simulation activity parental ability identify products nns tested nns recognition test results parents 72 disagreed statement nns safe child consume reflected shopping simulation activity onequarter items selected parents contained nns parents correctly identified 23 nnscontaining items presented foods beverages sweetened nns conclusions negative parental attitudes toward providing nns children raise question whether parents willing replace added sugars nns effort reduce childs calorie intake findings also suggest food labeling revised order consumers easily identify nns foods beverages