OBJECTIVE A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) has been proposed to address population weight gain but the effect across socio-economic position (SEP) is unclear. The current study aimed to clarify the differential impact(s) of SSB taxes on beverage purchases and consumption, weight outcomes and the amount paid in SSB taxes according to SEP. DESIGN Databases (OVID and EMBASE) and grey lit...

The study objective was to measure the effect of consumption of a beverage mixed with a high-iron sweetener (evaporated sugarcane juice known as rapadura) on hemoglobin levels in preschool children, and to compare it with the effect of consuming the same beverage sweetened with refined sugar. Research consisted of a 12-week randomized, controlled double-blind trial conducted in 2007 at a state-...

PURPOSE This study examined how college students choose beverages and whether behavioral interventions might reduce their heavy consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. METHODS From April to June 2010, 90 students participated in 12 focus groups at 6 colleges in Massachusetts and Louisiana. The study team undertook a group content analysis of the verbatim focus group transcripts using the im...

BACKGROUND This study characterizes the intake of sweetened beverages and establishes whether economic inequalities in their consumption exists. METHODS Ecological study. Mixed methods using food frequency questionnaire and inequality indices. Based on the National Nutrition Survey, Colombia, 2010. The sweetened beverage intake of 17,514 subjects in 33 geodemographic units was estimated with ...

Chinese residents enjoy various types of beverages in their daily life. With the rapid Westernization of contemporary China, several adverse health concerns-such as diabetes linked to sweetened beverages-have emerged. Until now, no research that examines associations between beverage consumption and smoking/drinking behaviors has been made available, despite the large Chinese populations partak...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the beverage intake patterns of Canadian adults and explore characteristics of participants in different beverage clusters. DESIGN Analyses of nationally representative data with cross-sectional complex stratified design. SETTING Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.2 (2004). SUBJECTS A total of 14 277 participants aged 19-65 years, in whom dietary intake was...

See related article, p 1129. Sugar-sweetened beverages are associated with cardiometabolic diseases, which may increase the risk of stroke and dementia. Limited prior findings suggest that sugarand artificially sweetened beverages are both associated with an increased risk of incident stroke, although conflicting findings have been reported. To our knowledge, studies are yet to examine the asso...