Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are a major source of added sugars in the diet. A
robust body of evidence has linked habitual intake of SSBs with weight gain and a higher …

Importance More than 45 countries and several local jurisdictions have implemented sugar-
sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes to improve nutrition and population health, and evidence …

The current and long-term health of 14.4 million children and adolescents is affected by
obesity, 1, 2 making it one of the most common pediatric chronic diseases. 3–5 Long …

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 …

Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health and other government agencies, brings together in a single document the …

Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Actions to address different forms of malnutrition are typically managed by separate
communities, policies, programmes, governance structures, and funding streams. By …

The aim was to conduct a systematic review of real‐world sugar‐sweetened beverage (SSB)
tax evaluations and examine the overall impact on beverage purchases and dietary intake …

The prevalence of obesity, measured by body mass index, has risen to unacceptable levels
in both men and women in the United States and worldwide with resultant hazardous health …

Background: Whether consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) or artificially
sweetened beverages (ASBs) is associated with risk of mortality is of public health interest …