UK Adult Diet and Low-Calorie Sweetener Consumption from 2008 to 2019

8,304 UK adults participated in annual surveys from 2008/09 to 2018/19, tracking their consumption of low-calorie sweetened products. The study, authored by Mathuramat Seesen, analyzed associations between sweetener intake and consumption of free sugar, energy, and processed foods. Findings show that while sweetener consumption increased over the period, it did not align with more beneficial dietary patterns.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in low-calorie sweetener consumption based on annual survey data from 2008 to 2019
• Modeling associations between sweetener intake and free sugar consumption using multivariable linear regression
• Investigating links between dietary patterns and processed food consumption as defined by the Nova classification
• Assessing changes in water and minimally processed food intake across different consumer groups

Strengths

• Data covers an 11-year period from 2008/09 to 2018/19, allowing for trend analysis
• Analysis is based on a sample of 8,304 UK adults
• Dietary intake was measured using detailed four-day food diaries
• Results include specific consumption figures, such as a median intake increase from 132.0 g/d to 170.0 g/d

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset is provided as a 713.5 KB DOCX file, which is a small and potentially summarized report rather than raw data

Provenance

Source

National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS)

Collection Method

Annual cross-sectional data analyzed from four-day food diaries.

Time Range

2008/09 to 2018/19

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 05:46:34; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom