The zigzag of the World Health Organization: do artificial sweeteners help you lose weight or not? - Walla! health. In May 2023, the WHO published a recommendation not to use artificialSweeteners for the prevention of obesity.
The organization explained that their recommendation is based on systematic reviews, which found no evidence that drinking diet drinks is beneficial for long-term weight loss. A few months ago another study was published that directly examined the effect of sweeteners on weight loss, but the findings are not final.