Sugar-sweetened beverages and cardiometabolic health: an update of the evidence

VS Malik, FB Hu - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
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) …

Should we tax sugar-sweetened beverages? An overview of theory and evidence

H Allcott, BB Lockwood, D Taubinsky - Journal of Economic …, 2019 - aeaweb.org
Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages are growing in popularity and have generated an
active public debate. Are they a good idea? If so, how high should they be? Are such taxes …

High-fructose corn syrup enhances intestinal tumor growth in mice

MD Goncalves, C Lu, J Tutnauer, TE Hartman… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Excessive consumption of beverages sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is
associated with obesity and with an increased risk of colorectal cancer. Whether HFCS …

The economics of taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages: a review of the effects on prices, sales, cross-border shopping, and consumption

J Cawley, AM Thow, K Wen… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
During the past decade, dozens of countries, regions, and cities have enacted taxes on
sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). They have been primarily motivated by a desire to …

Environment and obesity

S Nicolaidis - Metabolism, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this review was to identify and, particularly, to classify all the numerous
environmental factors that play a significant role in the environment-dependent body weight …

Preventable cancer burden associated with poor diet in the United States

FF Zhang, F Cudhea, Z Shan, DS Michaud… - JNCI Cancer …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Diet is an important risk factor for cancer that is amenable to intervention.
Estimating the cancer burden associated with diet informs evidence-based priorities for …

Hyper‐palatable foods: development of a quantitative definition and application to the US food system database

TL Fazzino, K Rohde, DK Sullivan - Obesity, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Extensive research has focused on hyper‐palatable foods (HPF); however, HPF
are defined using descriptive terms (eg, fast foods, sweets), which are not standardized and …

[HTML][HTML] Situación actual de la obesidad infantil en México

A Pérez-Herrera, M Cruz-López - Nutrición hospitalaria, 2019 - SciELO Espana
México ha reportado en el año 2016 una prevalencia combinada de obesidad y sobrepeso
del 33, 2% en niños. El objetivo de este trabajo fue hacer una revisión bibliográfica de los …

The role of intrinsic and extrinsic sensory factors in sweetness perception of food and beverages: A review

QJ Wang, LA Mielby, JY Junge, AS Bertelsen… - Foods, 2019 - mdpi.com
When it comes to eating and drinking, multiple factors from diverse sensory modalities have
been shown to influence multisensory flavour perception and liking. These factors have …

[HTML][HTML] First-year university is associated with greater body weight, body composition and adverse dietary changes in males than females

KM Beaudry, IA Ludwa, AM Thomas, WE Ward, B Falk… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The transition from high school to university life is a critical time for change,
often accompanied by the adoption of negative lifestyle habits including unhealthy nutrition …