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Association between soft drinks consumption and asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The oral und systemic health risks of sugar consumption: an umbrella review.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Pooled it
- Dietary intake of different carbohydrate types and asthma risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nutrition journal · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association of all types of beverages high in fructose with asthma in children and adolescents.BMC nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Dietary sugar consumption and health: umbrella review.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Pooled it
- Metabolic Syndrome in Offspring of Parents with Metabolic Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis.Obesity facts · 2021Pooled it
- A Short-Term High-Sugar Diet Induces Glucose Intolerance, Visceral Adipose Tissue Inflammation, and Exacerbates Experimental Allergic Asthma.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Maternal Coffee Consumption during Pregnancy and Risk of Allergic Diseases in Children: The Korean Children's Environmental Health Study.Healthcare informatics research · 2026Article
- Dietary Habits and Their Impact on Pediatric Obesity and Asthma: A Narrative Review with Emphasis on the Mediterranean Diet.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Foundations of Pediatric Lifestyle Medicine.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Children's Menus at Fast Food Restaurants on the Uber EatsFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Soft Drink Consumption among Adolescents in the Gulf Countries: Findings from National Surveys.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy and childhood hospital admissions for asthma in England.Nature communications · 2024Article
- 40 years of adding more fructose to high fructose corn syrup than is safe, through the lens of malabsorption and altered gut health-gateways to chronic disease.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
- The mediation role of sleep on the relationship between drinks behavior and female androgenetic alopecia.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Dietary intake, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins in relation to childhood asthma: a Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- The association of pure fruit juice, sugar-sweetened beverages and fruit consumption with asthma prevalence in adolescents growing up from 11 to 20 years: The PIAMA birth cohort study.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Association between asthma and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in the United States pediatric population.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2022Article
- Energy-drink consumption is associated with asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis in Korean adolescents.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
- Analysis of the Relationship between Asthma and Coffee/Green Tea/Soda Intake.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo carry out meta-analysis and systematic review on the association between soft drinks consumption and asthma prevalence among adults and children.
designSystematic review and meta-analysis of observational research. DATA SOURCES: Medline, Scopus, ISI Web of Science and the Cochrane Library were searched up to December 2018. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: We included observational studies investigating the association between soft drinks consumption (including maternal consumption during pregnancy) and asthma or wheeze. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Data were extracted by one author and reviewed independently by two other authors. The most adjusted estimate from each original study was used in the meta-analysis. Meta-analysis was conducted using random-effects model. The quality of studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale and heterogeneity was evaluated using I
resultsOf 725 publications originally identified, 19 were included in this systematic review, including 3 cohort studies and 16 cross-sectional studies. Ten articles reported on children up to 18 years, 5 articles on adults (>18 years) and 2 articles on prenatal exposure. In total, 468 836 participants were included, with more than 50 000 asthma cases. Soft drinks consumption was associated with significantly increased odds of asthma in both adults (OR=1.37; 95% CI, 1.23 to 1.52) and children (OR=1.14; 95% CI, 1.06 to 1.21). Prenatal exposure had marginally statistically significant association (OR=1.11; 95% CI, 1.00 to 1.23) with asthma in children. In subgroup analysis for childhood exposure, the association persists for sugar-sweetened soft drinks but not for carbonated drinks.
conclusionOur findings show a positive association between soft drinks consumption and asthma prevalence, mostly from cross-sectional studies. Therefore, more longitudinal research is required to establish causality.
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