Obesity in low-and middle-income countries: burden, drivers, and emerging challenges

ND Ford, SA Patel, KMV Narayan - Annual review of public …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
We have reviewed the distinctive features of excess weight, its causes, and related
prevention and management efforts, as well as data gaps and recommendations for future …

Protein, carbohydrates, and fats: Energy metabolism

P Singh, RK Kesharwani, RK Keservani - Sustained Energy for Enhanced …, 2017 - Elsevier
The composition of the diet, specifically carbohydrates, protein, and lipids, has been in
medicine since antiquity for the purposes of quick recovery and the digestive system. The …

Discretionary food and beverage consumption and its association with demographic characteristics, weight status, and fruit and vegetable intakes in Australian adults

Z Sui, WK Wong, JCY Louie, A Rangan - Public health nutrition, 2017 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveExcessive consumption of discretionary foods/beverages in the Australian
population has been identified, increasing the risk of obesity and chronic disease. The …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary quality changes in response to a sugar-sweetened beverage–reduction intervention: results from the Talking Health randomized controlled clinical …

VE Hedrick, BM Davy, W You, KJ Porter… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background: The reduction of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake may be beneficial for
weight management and other related health conditions; however, to our knowledge, no …

Energy density of the diets of Japanese adults in relation to food and nutrient intake and general and abdominal obesity: a cross-sectional analysis from the 2012 …

K Murakami, MBE Livingstone, H Okubo… - British Journal of …, 2017 - cambridge.org
The associations of dietary energy density with dietary intake and obesity have been largely
unexplored in non-Western populations. The present cross-sectional study examined the …

Sweetened soft drinks consumption is associated with metabolic syndrome: cross-sectional analysis from the Brazilian longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA-Brasil)

G Velasquez-Melendez, MCB Molina… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To estimate the association between regular consumption of sweetened soft
drinks, natural fruit juice, and coconut water with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Methods: This …

[HTML][HTML] Designing a food tax to impact food-related non-communicable diseases: the case of Chile

JC Caro, L Smith-Taillie, SW Ng, B Popkin - Food Policy, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The global shift towards diets high in sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and energy dense
ultra-processed foods is linked to higher prevalence of obesity, diabetes and most other …

Dietary energy density and body weight changes after 3 years in the PREDIMED study

C Razquin, A Sanchez-Tainta… - … journal of food …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The association of dietary energy density (ED) and overweight is not clear in the literature.
Our aim was to study in 4259 of the PREDIMED trial whether an increase in dietary ED …

Body weight loss, effective satiation and absence of homeostatic neuropeptide compensation in male Sprague Dawley rats schedule fed a protein crosslinked diet

N Cassie, RL Anderson, D Wilson, A Pawsey… - Appetite, 2017 - Elsevier
Food structure contributes to the induction of satiation and the maintenance of satiety
following intake of a meal. There is evidence from human studies that protein-crosslinking of …

Health aspects of mono-and disaccharides

A Raben, IA Macdonald, M Fogelholm - Carbohydrates in Food, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
In the beginning of 2015, the World Health Organization issued a new set of guidelines for
sugar intake in adults and children focusing on body weight regulation and dental caries. 5 …