Sylvetsky Allison C, Greenberg Mitchell, Zhao Xiongce, Rother Kristina I
Section on Pediatric Diabetes & Metabolism, NIDDK, NIH, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 10, Room 8C432A, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA ; Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, The George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Room 204, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
Section on Pediatric Diabetes & Metabolism, NIDDK, NIH, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 10, Room 8C432A, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Int J Pediatr. 2014;2014:819872. doi: 10.1155/2014/819872. Epub 2014 Nov 4.
Objective. To evaluate parental attitudes toward providing foods and beverages with nonnutritive sweeteners (NNS) to their children and to explore parental ability to recognize NNS in packaged foods and beverages. Methods. 120 parents of children ≥ 1 and ≤18 years of age completed brief questionnaires upon entering or exiting a grocery store. Parental attitudes toward NNS were assessed using an interviewer-assisted survey. Parental selection of packaged food and beverages (with and without NNS) was evaluated during a shopping simulation activity. Parental ability to identify products with NNS was tested with a NNS recognition test. Results. Most parents (72%) disagreed with the statement "NNS are safe for my child to consume." This was not reflected during the shopping simulation activity because about one-quarter of items selected by parents contained NNS. Parents correctly identified only 23% of NNS-containing items presented as foods or beverages which were sweetened with NNS. Conclusions. The negative parental attitudes toward providing NNS to their children raise the question whether parents are willing to replace added sugars with NNS in an effort to reduce their child's calorie intake. Our findings also suggest that food labeling should be revised in order for consumers to more easily identify NNS in foods and beverages.
目的。评估家长对向孩子提供含非营养性甜味剂（NNS）的食品和饮料的态度，并探究家长识别包装食品和饮料中NNS的能力。方法。120名1至18岁孩子的家长在进出杂货店时完成简短问卷。使用访谈员协助的调查评估家长对NNS的态度。在购物模拟活动中评估家长对包装食品和饮料（含或不含NNS）的选择。通过NNS识别测试来检验家长识别含NNS产品的能力。结果。大多数家长（72%）不同意“NNS对我的孩子食用是安全的”这一说法。这在购物模拟活动中并未体现出来，因为家长所选商品中约四分之一含有NNS。家长仅正确识别出23%以NNS增甜的作为食品或饮料呈现的含NNS商品。结论。家长对向孩子提供NNS持负面态度，这引发了一个问题，即家长是否愿意用NNS替代添加糖以减少孩子的卡路里摄入量。我们的研究结果还表明，食品标签应进行修订，以便消费者更轻松地识别食品和饮料中的NNS。
