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Replacing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) with non-caloric beverages (artificially sweetened (ASB) or unsweetened (USB)) had no effect on pre-specified cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.
Practitioners should note that switching to non-caloric beverages may not improve CVD risk factors.
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Replacing SSB with non-caloric beverages had no effect on pre-specified CVD risk factors.
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Abstract 044: Differential Effects of Sugar-sweetened, Artificially Sweetened, and Unsweetened Beverages on Taste Preference but Not CVD Risk Factors in a 12-Month RCT
Cara B. Ebbeling et al. · Circulation · 2019
DOI 10.1161/circ.139.suppl_1.044
rct · n=203Cited 3×
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