The purpose of this study was to compare the beverage consumption by gender and season in elementary school children and to investigate the role of beverage consumption patterns on their daily nutrient intakes and BMIs. Beverage consumption and dietary energy intake in 160 elementary school students in the Gyeongnam area were measured by a beverage frequency and quantity questionnaire and three...

Fructose-induced hyperuricemia might have a causal role in metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and other chronic disease. However, no study has investigated whether sugar added to foods or sugar-sweetened beverages, which are major sources of fructose, are associated with serum uric acid concentration in free-living populations. We examined the relationship between the intakes of added sugars and...

The present study investigated the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and dietary intake in European adolescents. The study comprised 1492 adolescents (770 females) from eight European cities participating in the HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) study. CRF was assessed by the 20 m shuttle run test. Adolescents were grouped into low and high CRF l...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether sweetened beverage consumption is associated with risk of heart failure (HF) in a large prospective population-based study of men. METHODS AND RESULTS A population-based cohort comprising 42,400 men, 45-79 years of age, was followed from 1998 through 2010. Sweetened beverage consumption was assessed by utilising a food frequency questionnaire. Incident events...

STUDY QUESTION What has been the effect on purchases of beverages from stores in Mexico one year after implementation of the excise tax on sugar sweetened beverages? METHODS In this observational study the authors used data on the purchase of beverages in Mexico from January 2012 to December 2014 from an unbalanced panel of 6253 households providing 205 112 observations in 53 cities with more...

BACKGROUND The increasing consumption of sugar worldwide seems to lead to several health problems, including some types of cancer. While some studies reported a positive association between sweet foods intake and breast cancer risk, little is known about their relation to mammographic density (MD), a strong breast cancer risk factor. This study examined the association of sweet foods and drinks...

Packaged sweetened drinks are that have been processed and packaged, which usually contain added sweeteners such as sugar, corn syrup, or sugar substitutes aspartame, sucralose, stevia. This study aims to analyze the development of taxes on packaged drinks. The data were obtained from a database published by Scopus 2013 2023. keywords used obtain results in accordance with bibliometric research...

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are some of the most commonly consumed beverages around the world. Sweeteners used in these beverages include sucrose, fruit juices, and high fructose corn syrup. Increased consumption of these beverages has been causally linked to obesity, diabetes mellitus/metabolic syndrome, hypertension, gout, and cardiovascular disease. On the basis of a comparative risk an...

BACKGROUND Since resources are limited, selecting the most promising targets for obesity interventions is critical. We examined the relative associations of physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption and 'junk food' consumption with BMI and the prevalence of relevant policies in school, work, food outlets and health-care settings. METHODS We conducted intercept surveys in three low-in...

BACKGROUND Intakes of high sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in adults can escalate risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS); however, data of longitudinal studies in children and adolescents are lacking. In this study we assessed consumption of SSBs in relation to incidence of MetS among children and adolescents during a 3.6 year follow-up. METHODS This study was a population-based longitudinal stud...