Reviews examining sugar-sweetened beverages and body weight: Correlates of their quality and conclusions

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1096-1104

  Massougbodji, José ^a   Le Bodo, Yann ^b   Fratu, Ramona ^b   De Wals, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATES; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 84899033473     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.063776     Document Type: Review

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