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. 2012 Aug;35(8):1798-808.
doi: 10.2337/dc12-9002. Epub 2012 Jul 9.

Nonnutritive sweeteners: current use and health perspectives: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association

Christopher Gardner, Judith Wylie-Rosett, Samuel S Gidding, Lyn M Steffen, Rachel K Johnson, Diane Reader, Alice H Lichtenstein; American Heart Association Nutrition Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; American Diabetes Association

Nonnutritive sweeteners: current use and health perspectives: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association

Christopher Gardner et al. Diabetes Care. 2012 Aug.
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Carbonated soft drinks, gallons per year per capita. U.S. availability as determined by U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodConsumption).
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Figure 2
Prevalence (%, SE) of nonnutritive sweetened beverage and food intake in the U.S. population as determined by one 24-hour recall (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2008) among individuals. Sample sizes: for females and males aged <18 years, n = 1,781 and n = 1,911, respectively; and for females and males aged >19 years, n = 2,820 and n = 2,742, respectively.
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Figure 3
Prevalence (%, SE) of nonnutritive sweetened beverage intake among U.S. children and adults as determined by one 24-hour recall (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2008) according to age group. The sample size of participation by age group for females was ages 1 to 3 (n = 575), 4 to 8 (n = 435), 9 to 13 (n = 418), 14 to 18 (n = 353), 19 to 30 (n = 513), 31 to 50 (n = 950), 51 to 70 (n = 873), and >70 (n = 484). The sample size of participation by age group for males was ages 1 to 3 (n = 617), 4 to 8 (n = 502), 9 to 13 (n = 412), 14 to 18 (n = 380), 19 to 30 (n = 518), 31 to 50 (n = 889), 51 to 70 (n = 869), and >70 (n = 466).
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