TABLE 5.

Mean ± SE usual dietary intake levels of nutrients from food, beverage, and FBA items by LCS intake among US adults over 2 d stratified by BMI category¹

	LCS intake
	No (51.8%)	Yes (48.2%)	P value
Normal weight2
Energy, kcal	2346 ± 48.2	2080 ± 97.8	<0.001*
From food	1696 ± 41.3	1570 ± 85.8	0.004†
From beverages	517 ± 15.6	369 ± 15.0	<0.001*
From FBAs	162 ± 8.8	157 ± 12.5	0.7302
Energy density, kcal/g	0.69 ± 0.01	0.61 ± 0.02	<0.001*
Carbohydrate, g	292.9 ± 5.7	256.1 ± 11.9	<0.001*
Protein, g	83.0 ± 2.2	77.9 ± 3.2	0.004†
Total fat, g	85.2 ± 2.2	77.0 ± 4.4	<0.001*
Total sugars, g	138.1 ± 3.6	115.9 ± 3.7	<0.001*
Dietary fiber, g	17.4 ± 0.5	18.1 ± 1.0	<0.001*
Overweight2
Energy, kcal	2305 ± 53.8	2164 ± 58.8	<0.001*
From food	1675 ± 43.4	1648 ± 43.1	0.364
From beverages	512 ± 20.0	356 ± 12.3	<0.001*
From FBAs	157 ± 11.8	154 ± 11.8	0.6175
Energy density, kcal/g	0.68 ± 0.01	0.59 ± 0.02	<0.001*
Carbohydrate, g	285.4 ± 3.6	259.5 ± 3.4	<0.001*
Protein, g	82.7 ± 2.7	82.5 ± 3.6	0.6923
Total fat, g	85.3 ± 2.7	81.1 ± 4.4	0.1596
Total sugars, g	135.6 ± 2.5	114.7 ± 2.4	<0.001*
Dietary fiber, g	16.3 ± 0.7	18.5 ± 0.6	<0.001*
Obese
Energy, kcal	2258 ± 36.1	2127 ± 51.2	0.0033†
From food	1640 ± 25.0	1662 ± 48.2	0.133
From beverages	512 ± 16.7	307 ± 9.4	<0.001*
From FBAs	150 ± 6.8	151 ± 6.7	0.8465
Energy density, kcal/g	0.66 ± 0.01	0.59 ± 0.01	<0.001*
Carbohydrate, g	281.2 ± 4.0	247.2 ± 5.1	<0.001*
Protein, g	80.2 ± 2.4	83.9 ± 1.9	0.0173†
Total fat, g	83.7 ± 1.7	84.3 ± 2.8	0.3703
Total sugars, g	133.2 ± 2.9	105.1 ± 2.2	<0.001*
Dietary fiber, g	15.5 ± 0.4	16.7 ± 0.5	<0.001*

¹Adjusted for: age, race, sex, day, and weekend day. Sample: 13,688 people representative of 212,902,300 adults nationally. BMI (kg/m²) was defined as: normal weight (18.5–24.9), overweight (25–29.9), or obese (≥30). Those with underweight (<18.5, n = 237) or missing (n = 173) BMIs were excluded. †Statistically significant at P < 0.05; *statistically significant at P < 0.001. FBA, food and beverage addition; LCS, low-calorie sweetener.

²Ten percent of individuals with a normal-weight BMI used LCSs and 20.0% did not, 15.1% of individuals with an overweight BMI used LCSs and 18.6% did not, and 18.2% of individuals with an obese BMI used LCSs and 17.8% did not use LCSs.