INTRODUCTION This article examines the association between the New York City regulations on beverages served in child care centers and beverage consumption among enrolled children. The regulations include requirements related to beverages served to children throughout the day. METHODS Beverage consumption data were collected on 636 children enrolled in 106 group child care centers in New York...

BACKGROUND High intake of sugar-sweetened beverages in childhood is linked to increased risk of obesity and type II diabetes later in life. Using three nationally representative surveys of dietary intake, we investigated beverage patterns and trends among US school-aged children from 1989/91 to 2007/08. METHODS 3, 583 participants ages 6-11 y old were included. We reported per capita trends i...

In the last several decades, obesity rates have reached epidemic proportions, and increases the risk for a host of comorbidities, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain kinds of cancers. Boba milk tea, first became popular in the 1990s throughout Asia, and has gained more popularity in the United States and in Europe since 2000. Currently, available nutrition data from online s...

BACKGROUND In colon cancer patients, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and high dietary glycemic load have been associated with increased risk of cancer recurrence. High sugar-sweetened beverage intake has been associated with obesity, diabetes, and cardio-metabolic diseases, but the influence on colon cancer survival is unknown. METHODS We assessed the association between sugar-sweetened beverag...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Not all fluids may be equally beneficial for reducing the risk of kidney stones. In particular, it is not clear whether sugar and artificially sweetened soda increase the risk. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS We prospectively analyzed the association between intake of several types of beverages and incidence of kidney stones in three large ongoing cohor...

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 ...

Because excessive consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages may reduce the quality of nutritional intake, this study examined the consumption patterns of commercial beverages, lifestyle, dietary habits, and perception of sweet taste. Participants were 407 male university students in Kyeonggido, Korea, and information was collected by self-administered questionnaire. Among them, 58 nonsmokers vol...

BACKGROUND Changes to school food environments and practices that lead to improved dietary behavior are a powerful strategy to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. OBJECTIVES To estimate the effects of school food environments and practices, characterized by access to competitive foods and beverages, school lunches, and nutrition promotion, on children's consumption of sugar-sweetened beve...

This analysis investigated the effects of repeated exposure to sweet versus non-sweet beverages on subsequent intakes other foods, using data published in Appleton & Blundell, Physiol Behav, 2007;92:479–486. No evidence for an increase food following beverage consumption was found. Some found lower and sugar sugar-sweetened beverages, but these may have resulted from specific test foods used, d...