Relationship of soft drink consumption to global overweight, obesity, and diabetes: A cross-national analysis of 75 countries

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2071-2077

  Basu, Sanjay ^a   McKee, Martin ^b   Galea, Gauden ^c   Stuckler, David ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; OVERWEIGHT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886414522     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300974     Document Type: Article

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