Sugar consumption and global prevalence of obesity and hypertension: An ecological analysis

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 587-596

  Siervo, Mario ^a   Montagnese, Concetta ^b   Mathers, John C ^a   Soroka, Katrina R ^a   Stephan, Blossom C M ^c   Wells, Jonathan C K ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Added sugar; Animal products; Ecological analysis; Food balance sheets; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DIET; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CATERING SERVICE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX RATIO; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUGAR INTAKE; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84896444137     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013000141     Document Type: Article

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