Sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain in children and adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1084-1102

  Malik, Vasanti S ^a   Pan, An ^c   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Hu, Frank B ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAT MASS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEETNESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEVERAGES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84884895878     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.058362     Document Type: Article

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