Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Obesity Risk in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Analysis on How Methodological Quality May Influence Conclusions

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 638-659

  Bucher Della Torre, Sophie ^a   Keller, Amélie ^a,b,c   Laure Depeyre, Jocelyne ^a   Kruseman, Maaike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b Research Unit for Dietary Studies   (Denmark)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Food intake measurement; Obesity; Sugar sweetened beverages

Indexed keywords

SUGAR INTAKE;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BEVERAGE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELECTION BIAS; SUGAR INTAKE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BEVERAGES; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDLINE; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84937130419     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2015.05.020     Document Type: Article

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