Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Faculty of Food and Agriculture, The University of the West Indies - St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Department of Dietetics, Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
J Am Coll Health. 2021 Oct;69(7):719-724. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2019.1706531. Epub 2020 Jan 29.
OBJECTIVE(S): To determine whether there is an association between the consumption of nonnutritive sweeteners (NNS) and sex, as well as age. Also, to determine awareness of the health risks associated with the use of NNS.
A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to compile the data collected. Data were presented using frequencies and percentages. A chi-squared tests were performed to test the association between NNS and gender/sex and age. The level of significance was set at the ≤ 0.05.
The majority of students [ = 108 (55.1%)] indicated that they have never used NNS. The NNS with the highest intake was sucralose. There were no significant associations between gender (-value = 0.508) and age (-value = 0.275) and use of NNS. For awareness of the association between NNS, weight gain, and cancer, 38.8% ( = 76) of the participants indicated that they were not aware that NNS are associated with weight gain. Less than half of the participants ( = 46, 23.5%) were not aware that NNS does cause cancer.
A large portion of university students do not use NNS. The majority of students were aware that NNS are associated with weight gain but did not link it to cancer development.
确定非营养性甜味剂（NNS）的消费是否与性别以及年龄有关。同时，确定对与 NNS 使用相关的健康风险的认识程度。
采用自填式问卷进行横断面研究。使用描述性统计对收集的数据进行汇编。使用频率和百分比来表示数据。使用卡方检验来检验 NNS 与性别/性别和年龄之间的关联。显著性水平设置为≤0.05。
大多数学生[ = 108（55.1%）]表示他们从未使用过 NNS。摄入量最高的 NNS 是三氯蔗糖。性别（-值=0.508）和年龄（-值=0.275）与 NNS 的使用之间没有显著关联。对于 NNS、体重增加和癌症之间关联的认识，38.8%（ = 76）的参与者表示他们不知道 NNS 与体重增加有关。不到一半的参与者（ = 46，23.5%）不知道 NNS 确实会致癌。
很大一部分大学生不使用 NNS。大多数学生意识到 NNS 与体重增加有关，但并未将其与癌症发展联系起来。
