Non-nutritive sweeteners: children and adolescent consumption and food sources.

Unlabelled: The availability of food and beverages with non-nutritive sweeteners (NNSs) has increased in recent years.

Objectives: To estimate NNSs consumption among children and adolescents in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the prevalence of a daily intake higher than acceptable, and the main food and beverages contributing to it.

Material And Methods: Descriptive study about the information collected in the First Food and Nutritional/Nutrition Survey of Buenos Aires City, which was conducted in 2011 and included 2664 children and adolescents aged 2-18 years.