What Parents Think about Giving Nonnutritive Sweeteners to Their Children: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of sample based on NNS recognition ().

	(% of total)
All participants
	120 (100%)
Gender
Male	26 (22%)
Female	94 (78%)
Age group
18–25	8 (7%)
26–35	23 (19%)
36–45	44 (37%)
46–55	34 (28%)
55+	11 (9%)
Race
Non-Hispanic white	53 (44%)
Non-Hispanic black	41 (34%)
Hispanic	18 (15%)
Other	8 (6%)
BMI (kg/m^2)^a	26.4 ± 5.5
Education
≤High school	20 (17%)
Some college	21 (18%)
Bachelor’s	39 (33%)
Master’s/Doctorate	40 (33%)

BMI was calculated based on self-reported height and weight.