INTRODUCTION Association between sugar sweetened beverages consumption and several metabolic diseases has been observed. AIM To analyze randomized studies among ≤ 16 yo children of ≥ 52 weeks of intervention assessing the effect of the reduction of sugar sweetened beverages, carbonated drinks, flavored drinks, and fruit juices on adiposity indicators. METHODS Medline was searched for random...

BACKGROUND Limited research suggests that alcohol consumed with an artificially sweetened mixer (e.g., diet soft drink) results in higher breath alcohol concentrations (BrACs) compared with the same amount of alcohol consumed with a similar beverage containing sugar. The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of this effect in both male and female social drinkers and to determin...

OBJECTIVES: To examine whether sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake during infancy predicts SSB intake at 6 years of age. METHODS: A longitudinal cohort analysis of 1333 US children was conducted by using data from the 2005–2007 Infant Feeding Practices Study II and the 2012 Follow-Up Study at 6 years of age. The exposure variables were maternal-reported SSB intakes during infancy. The outcome...

 Over-consumption of foods and beverages high in fat, sugar and salt content, associated with heightened risk for obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs), is one of the biggest public health problems facing the UK.  It is not only a worry for people who suffer from limiting conditions such as diabetes, types of cancers, cardiovascular and coronary heart disease, but it is al...

Fat, sugar or sweetened beverage taxes are part of an overall public health nutrition approach to healthy eating. They are not approaches that on their own are likely to bring about change. Policy evidence from existing food tax implementation suggest that taxes need to be paralleled by subsidies and other interventions to encourage healthy eating. Such dual methods help not only contribute to ...

Beverage Intake of U.S. Children by Weight Status Rosanna Watowicz Between 1989 and 2008, there was a significant increase in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in children. 1 According to the Evidence Analysis Library of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, there is evidence of a link between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake and childhood overweight and obesity (OW/OB). 2 In addition...