Background School food environment policies may be a critical tool to promote healthy diets
in children, yet their effectiveness remains unclear. Objective To systematically review and …

The consumption of sugars, particularly sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs; beverages or
drinks that contain added caloric sweeteners (ie, sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice …

Previous reviews of childhood obesity prevention have focused largely on schools and
findings have been inconsistent. Funded by the US A gency for H ealthcare R esearch and …

The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement was developed to
improve the reporting of randomised controlled trials. It was initially published in 1996 and …

Decades ago, discussion of an impending global pandemic of obesity was thought of as
heresy. But in the 1970s, diets began to shift towards increased reliance upon processed …

Sugar‐sweetened beverages (SSB s) are the single largest source of added sugar and the
top source of energy intake in the US diet. In this review, we evaluate whether there is …

This review examines the current knowledge of water intake as it pertains to human health,
including overall patterns of intake and some factors linked with intake, the complex …

Obesity has recently emerged as a major global health problem. According to World Health
Organization estimates, 1.6 billion adults worldwide were overweight (body mass index …

Background Frequent consumption of excess amounts of sugar‐sweetened beverages
(SSB) is a risk factor for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and dental caries …

Background—Poor lifestyle behaviors, including suboptimal diet, physical inactivity, and
tobacco use, are leading causes of preventable diseases globally. Although even modest …