Chronic Low-Calorie Sweetener Use and Risk of Abdominal Obesity among Older Adults: A Cohort Study

Chee W. Chia; Michelle Shardell; Toshiko Tanaka; David D. Liu; Kristofer S. Gravenstein; Eleanor M. Simonsick; Josephine M. Egan; Luigi Ferrucci

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167241

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Chronic Low-Calorie Sweetener Use and Risk of Abdominal Obesity among Older Adults: A Cohort Study

Chee W. Chia ,

* E-mail: chiac@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Michelle Shardell,

Affiliation Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Toshiko Tanaka,

Affiliation Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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David D. Liu,

Affiliation Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Kristofer S. Gravenstein,

Affiliation Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Eleanor M. Simonsick,

Affiliation Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Josephine M. Egan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Josephine M. Egan, Luigi Ferrucci

Affiliation Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Luigi Ferrucci

Contributed equally to this work with: Josephine M. Egan, Luigi Ferrucci

Affiliation Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Chronic Low-Calorie Sweetener Use and Risk of Abdominal Obesity among Older Adults: A Cohort Study

Chee W. Chia,
Michelle Shardell,
Toshiko Tanaka,
David D. Liu,
Kristofer S. Gravenstein,
Eleanor M. Simonsick,
Josephine M. Egan,
Luigi Ferrucci

Published: November 23, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167241

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