Interventions to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages or increase water intake: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1350-1363

  Vargas Garcia, E J ^a   Evans, C E L ^a   Prestwich, A ^a   Sykes Muskett, B J ^a   Hooson, J ^a   Cade, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nutritional epidemiology; obesity; sugar sweetened beverages; systematic review

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DIETARY INTAKE; FLUID INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; AGE; ANALYSIS; BEVERAGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET; DRINKING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUGAR INTAKE;

NUTRITIVE SWEETENER;

AGE FACTORS; BEVERAGES; DIET; DIETARY SUGARS; DRINKING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85025089054     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12580     Document Type: Review

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