High sugar intake has long been recognized as a potential environmental risk factor for
increased incidence of many non-communicable diseases, including obesity, cardiovascular …

Excessive sugar consumption is increasingly considered as a contributor to the emerging
epidemics of obesity and the associated cardiometabolic disease. Sugar is added to the diet …

Objective To determine changes in household purchases of drinks and confectionery one
year after implementation of the UK soft drinks industry levy (SDIL). Design Controlled …

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have little nutritional value and a robust body of
evidence has linked the intake of SSBs to weight gain and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) …

Importance In the United States, national associations of individual dietary factors with
specific cardiometabolic diseases are not well established. Objective To estimate …

Suboptimal nutrition is a leading cause of poor health. Nutrition and policy science have
advanced rapidly, creating confusion yet also providing powerful opportunities to reduce the …

Reduction in excess calories and improvement in dietary composition may prevent many
primary and secondary cardiovascular events. Current guidelines recommend diets high in …

Background Dietary sugar, especially in liquid form, increases risk of dental caries,
adiposity, and type 2 diabetes. The United Kingdom Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) was …

BACKGROUND Some available evidence suggests that high consumption of ultra-
processed foods (UPFs) is associated with a higher risk of obesity. Collectively, this …

Although consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and artificially sweetened
beverages (ASBs) has increasingly been linked with obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus …