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WHO: Artificial sweeteners have no weight-loss benefit, may raise health risks
The World Health Organization has come out against the use of non-sugar sweeteners to control weight or limit noncommunicable sickness. - Angeles Medrano Zamora/Dreamstime/TNS

WHO: Artificial sweeteners have no weight-loss benefit, may raise health risks

The World Health Organization has come out against the use of non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) as a means to control weight or limit noncommunicable sickness. “The recommendation is based on the findings of a systematic review of the available evidence which suggests that use of NSS does not confer any long-term benefit in reducing body fat in adults or children,” WHO said in a statement Monday. That review also determined long-term use of NSS could contribute to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and serious illness in adults. “Replacing free sugars with NSS does not help with weight control ...

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