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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Weight Gain in Children and Adults: A Systematic Review from 2013 to 2015 and a Comparison with Previous Studies.
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Impact on Drinking Behaviour in Sixth-grade Students Through Changing the School Environment
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160 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 303 citations in OpenAlex.
- The oral und systemic health risks of sugar consumption: an umbrella review.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Pooled it
- The association of maternal sugary beverage consumption during pregnancy and the early years with childhood sugary beverage consumption.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes on purchases and dietary intake: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Pooled it
- Environmental interventions to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and their effects on health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- A Community-Based Behavioral Intervention and Body Mass Index in School-Aged Children: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Water Promotion for Overweight Prevention in Schoolchildren: For Whom Does It Work Best? - Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Trial
- A digital behavioral intervention to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: a randomized, controlled trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Trial
- A Starch- and Sucrose-Reduced Diet Has Similar Efficiency as Low FODMAP in IBS-A Randomized Non-Inferiority Study.Nutrients · 2024Trial
- Kids SIPsmartER reduces sugar-sweetened beverages among Appalachian middle-school students and their caregivers: a cluster randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Trial
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- Metabolic Characterization of Meat, Fish, and Soda Intake in Males: Secondary Results from a Randomized Inpatient Pilot Study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2021Trial
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- Calories, Caffeine and the Onset of Obesity in Young Children.Academic pediatrics · 2020Trial
- Reducing sugary drink intake through youth empowerment: results from a pilot-site randomized study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Trial
- Infant feeding practices of Indian immigrant mothers and their association with sociodemographic factors: An Australia-wide cross-sectional survey.International breastfeeding journal · 2026Article
- Weight- and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage-Related Information Avoidance: Implications for Self-Monitoring in a Behavioral Intervention.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2026Article
- Genetic and Environmental Influences on Free Sugar and Nonnutritive Sweetener Intake in Toddlerhood and Middle Childhood Using Data from the Gemini Twin Cohort: Findings from the SWEET Project.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- The Association Between Consumption of Foods/Food Groups and the Risk of Overweight/Obesity and Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Adherence to the EAT-Lancet planetary health diet and its associations with obesity and health-related quality of life in Iranian adolescents: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Obesity Phenotyping in Children and Adolescents: Next Steps Towards Precision Medicine in Pediatric Obesity.Nutrients · 2026Review
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 6 countries.
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Abstract
objectivePartly inconsistent findings from previous reviews have fueled discussions on the impact of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) on obesity development. The aim was to systematically review the recent evidence in children and adults.
methodsData were retrieved from the databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane library for the period January 2013 to October 2015. A systematic review of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) relating SSBs to weight measures was conducted.
results30 publications met the inclusion criteria. Prospective cohort studies (96%; n = 26) showed a positive association between consumption of SSBs and weight/BMI in adults and children (n = 242,352), and only one cohort study in children showed no association. Findings from three RCTs in children demonstrated that SSB consumption had an effect on BMI/BMI z-score. The one RCT in adults showed no significant effect of the intervention. 63% of the studies were of good, 30% of medium quality, and none was funded by industry.
conclusionRecent evidence suggests that SSB consumption is positively associated with or has an effect on obesity indices in children and adults. By combining the already published evidence with the new one, we conclude that public health policies should aim to reduce the consumption of SSBs and encourage healthy alternatives such as water.
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