article_snippet.sent: Sugar consumption: Researchers in the US examined the effects of sweetened drinks on 19 women aged between 18 and 40 (file picture)
article_snippet.sent: Researchers in the US examined the effects of sweetened drinks on 19 women aged between 18 and 40.
article_snippet.sent: Half the group were given sugary drinks at breakfast, lunch and dinner over 12 days, while the other half had drinks made with the artificial sweetener aspartame.
article_snippet.sent: Half the group were instructed not to consume other sugary drinks, including fruit juice, outside these times.
article_snippet.sent: In the US, more than a third of adults and about a sixth of children are obese, with sugar-laden fizzy drinks and fruit juice partly to blame.
article_snippet.sent: Around half of the American population consume sugary drinks on any given day.
highlights_snippet.sent: Researchers in US examine effects of sweetened drinks on 19 women .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Half group got sugary drinks while others received artificial sweetener .
  