Sugar-sweetened beverages, genetic risk, and obesity [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 285-287

  Greenfield, Jerry R ^a   Samaras, Katherine ^a   Campbell, Lesley V ^a  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BEVERAGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; SUGAR INTAKE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; GENETICS;

BEVERAGES; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY MASS INDEX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; OBESITY;

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE;

EID: 84872464718     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1213563     Document Type: Letter

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