Diabetes in Asia: epidemiology, risk factors, and pathophysiology

JCN Chan, V Malik, W Jia, T Kadowaki, CS Yajnik… - Jama, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Context With increasing globalization and East-West exchanges, the increasing epidemic of
type 2 diabetes in Asia has far-reaching public health and socioeconomic implications …

Dietary sugars intake and cardiovascular health: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

RK Johnson, LJ Appel, M Brands, BV Howard… - Circulation, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
High intakes of dietary sugars in the setting of a worldwide pandemic of obesity and
cardiovascular disease have heightened concerns about the adverse effects of excessive …

[HTML][HTML] The public health and economic benefits of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages

KD Brownell, T Farley, WC Willett… - The New England …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to risks of obesity,
diabetes, and heart disease, 1–3 making a compelling case for reduced consumption. SSBs …

[HTML][HTML] Sweetened beverage consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in women

TT Fung, V Malik, KM Rexrode, JAE Manson… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Background: Previous studies have linked full-calorie sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs)
with greater weight gain and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Objective: We …

Food prices and obesity: evidence and policy implications for taxes and subsidies

LM Powell, FJ Chaloupka - The Milbank Quarterly, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Context: Pricing policies have been posited as potential policy instruments to address the
increasing prevalence of obesity. This article examines whether altering the cost of …

Choice of foods and ingredients for moderately malnourished children 6 months to 5 years of age

KF Michaelsen, C Hoppe, N Roos… - Food and nutrition …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
There is consensus on how to treat severe malnutrition, but there is no agreement on the
most cost-effective way to treat infants and young children with moderate malnutrition who …

[HTML][HTML] Nonnutritive sweetener consumption in humans: effects on appetite and food intake and their putative mechanisms

RD Mattes, BM Popkin - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2009 - Elsevier
Nonnutritive sweeteners (NNS) are ecologically novel chemosensory signaling compounds
that influence ingestive processes and behavior. Only about 15% of the US population …

Satiation, satiety and their effects on eating behaviour

B Benelam - Nutrition bulletin, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Introduction 2 Physiological mechanisms of satiation and satiety 2.1
Physiological mechanisms of satiation 2.1. 1 Gastric mechanisms of satiation 2.1. 2 Intestinal …

Sugar-sweetened beverages, serum uric acid, and blood pressure in adolescents

S Nguyen, HK Choi, RH Lustig, C Hsu - The Journal of pediatrics, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, a significant
source of dietary fructose, is associated with higher serum uric acid levels and blood …

Promotion and provision of drinking water in schools for overweight prevention: randomized, controlled cluster trial

R Muckelbauer, L Libuda, K Clausen, AM Toschke… - …, 2009 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE. The study tested whether a combined environmental and educational
intervention solely promoting water consumption was effective in preventing overweight …