Direction of associations between added sugar intake in early childhood and body mass index at age 7 years may depend on intake levels

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1348-1354

  Herbst, Antje ^a   Diethelm, Katharina ^b   Cheng, Guo ^b   Icks, Ute Alexy ^c,d   Buyken, Anette E ^a,b  

^a Hospital of Leverkusen   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PLOTS AND CURVES; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUCROSE; EATING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79960301616     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.137000     Document Type: Article

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