The associations between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and the risk of
stroke, depression, cancer, and cause-specific mortality have not been determined, and the …

Background: Obesity and other noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors are increasing
in low-and middle-income countries. There are few data on the association between …

Environmental factors, and in particular diet, are known to play a key role in the development
of Coronary Heart Disease. Many of these factors were unveiled by detailed nutritional …

Numerous clinical trials suggest that we have reached a limit in our ability to decrease the
incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) utilizing the …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in
Western countries and expose patients to increased risk of hepatic and cardiovascular (CV) …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility and validity of a short
food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for food group intake in Japan, the reproducibility and …

Background Sugar‐sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption has been associated with
cardiometabolic risk. However, the association between total and type of SSB intake and …

Aims: Although diet is one of the main modifiable risk factors of cardiovascular disease, few
studies have investigated the association between added sugar intake and cardiovascular …

Background: Although the age-adjusted incidence and mortality of cancer and
cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been decreasing steadily in Japan, both diseases …

ObjectiveA high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) has been linked to weight
gain, obesity and type 2 diabetes; however, the influence on CVD risk remains unclear …