Soft drinks taste good, but the calories count

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 599-601

  Schwartz, Robert P ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

AFRICA; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT JUICE; GENE POOL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEXICO; MILK; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037795331     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2003.254     Document Type: Editorial

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