Habitual sugar intake and cognitive function among middle-aged and older Puerto Ricans without diabetes

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1423-1432

  Ye, Xingwang ^a,b   Gao, Xiang ^c,d   Scott, Tammy ^e   Tucker, Katherine L ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Added sugar; Cognition function; Sugar sweetened beverages

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; MALTOSE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SUCROSE; SUGAR; TRANS FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEVERAGE; CLOCK DRAWING; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FIBER; ETHNIC GROUP; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FIGURE COPYING; FINGER SPAN; FOOD; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT JUICE; HABIT; HABITUAL SUGAR INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PUERTO RICAN; STROOP TEST; SUGAR INTAKE; SUGAR SWEETENED SOLID FOOD; SWEETENED BEVERAGE; VERBAL FLUENCY TEST; WORD LIST RECALL;

AGED; BOSTON; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY SUCROSE; FOOD HABITS; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 80055060633     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511001760     Document Type: Article

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