Department of Food Gastronomy and Food Hygiene, Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Apr 1;16(7):1164. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16071164.
The purpose of the paper was a cross sectional study to evaluate the use of sugars and selected sweeteners by Polish consumers in their diet. The survey was conducted using the direct interview method on the group of 2000 adults declaring the consumption of sugar or sweeteners. The ANOVA test and multi-dimensional cluster analysis was used to the data interpretation ( < 0.05). It was stated that the consumption of sugar among consumers remained at a high level. Respondents declared taking up the activities towards reducing sugar intake in their diet mostly due to health-related reasons. It was emphasized in particular by women taking part in the survey. The most frequent way to limit the amount of sugar in the diet consisted in choosing sweeteners, mainly stevia and xylitol. However, the knowledge concerning steviol glycosides among the consumers was not extensive. Results are the source of up-to-date information concerning the consumption of sugar and sweeteners. Consumers to whom nutrition campaigns on the necessity to limit the content of sugar in the diet are worth addressing were identified. A hypothesis, that consumers are currently more aware of the negative influence of increased sugar consumption on their health and they aim at limiting the content of added sugar in their diet, was confirmed.
本文旨在通过横断面研究评估波兰消费者在饮食中对糖和某些甜味剂的使用情况。该调查采用直接访谈的方法，对 2000 名声称食用糖或甜味剂的成年人进行了调查。采用方差分析和多维聚类分析对数据进行解释(<0.05)。研究表明，消费者的糖摄入量仍然很高。受访者表示，他们主要出于健康原因减少饮食中的糖摄入量。参与调查的女性尤其强调了这一点。限制饮食中糖含量的最常见方法是选择甜味剂，主要是甜菊糖和木糖醇。然而，消费者对甜菊糖苷的了解并不广泛。研究结果提供了有关糖和甜味剂消费的最新信息。确定了值得对那些需要限制饮食中糖含量的消费者进行营养宣传的目标人群。证实了消费者目前更加意识到增加糖摄入量对健康的负面影响，并且他们旨在限制饮食中添加糖的含量的假设。
