Reducing intake of sugar-sweetened beverages is vital to improving our nation's health

Circulation

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 347-349

  Johnson, Rachel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonated beverages; Diet; Editorials; Heart diseases; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

SWEETENING AGENT;

BEVERAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING HABIT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; METABOLISM; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

BEVERAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 84954348886     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.020453     Document Type: Editorial

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