SynthesisNutrition journal2021
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and bone health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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30 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
- Comprehensive review of carbonated soft drink consumption rates and their public health importance.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Beverage consumption on bone and joint disorders: an umbrella review.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Bone health: biology and nutrition.Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care · 2024Pooled it
- Dietary sugar consumption and health: umbrella review.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Pooled it
- Association Between Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Psychological Distress: Analysis of the Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan.Nutrients · 2026Article
- The gut-bone axis: impact of diet on gut microbiome and osteoporosis.Bone research · 2026Review
- Association of Sweetened Beverages with Risk of Osteoporosis and First Fractures: Evidence from the United Kingdom Biobank.Calcified tissue international · 2026Article
- Chronic consumption of energy drinks and the risk of developing metabolic syndrome in rats.PeerJ · 2026Article
- Bone Health for Gynaecologists.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Adults with Phenylketonuria have suboptimal bone mineral density apart from vitamin D and calcium sufficiency.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Associations between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, weight-adjusted-waist index, with psychological symptoms: a cross-sectional survey of adolescents in mainland China.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Association between plain water intake and the risk of osteoporosis among middle-aged and elderly people in the United States: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Impact of Soft Drink Intake on Bone Development and Risk of Fractures in a Danish Cohort of Schoolchildren.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Nutrition and Osteoporosis Prevention.Current osteoporosis reports · 2024Review
- Dietary recommendations of the Moroccan Society of Rheumatology (SMR) for patients with ostéosarcopenia.Archives of osteoporosis · 2024Review
- Genome-wide association study of osteoporosis identifies genetic risk and interactions with Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet and sugar-sweetened beverages in a Hispanic cohort of older adults.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2024Article
- The Effects of Different Dietary Patterns on Bone Health.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Coffee Drinking and the Odds of Osteopenia and Osteoporosis in Middle-Aged and Older Americans: A Cross-Sectional Study in NHANES 2005-2014.Calcified tissue international · 2024Article
- Dietary patterns - A scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023.Food & nutrition research · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundCurrent evidence demonstrate that sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and bone health are related; however, there has been only a few reviews on the link between SSBs and bone health. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to investigate the association between SSBs consumption and bone health in chidren and adults.
methodsRelevant studies of SSBs and bone health published up to 15 March 2021 were searched using PubMed, the Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and a reference search. A random-effects meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the standardized mean difference (SMD). Subgroup analyses were performed to identify whether effects were modified by age, sex, measured skeletal sites, type of SSBs, and SSBs intake questionnaire.
resultsTwenty-six publications including 124,691 participants were selected on the review. The results from this meta-analysis showed a significant inverse association between SSBs intake and bone mineral density (BMD) in adults (ES: -0.66, 95% CI: - 1.01, - 0.31, n = 4312). Eighteen of the 20 studies included in the qualitative-only review in children and adults supported the findings from the meta-analysis. When subgroup analysis was performed according to skeletal site, a large effect was found on whole body BMD (ES: -0.97, 95% CI: - 1.54, - 0.40). There was a moderate effect on BMD in females (ES: -0.50, 95% CI: - 0.87, - 0.13). There was a moderate or large effect on BMD in individuals aged under 50 years (under 30 years: ES: -0.57, 95% CI: - 0.97, - 0.17; 30 to 50 years: ES: -1.33, 95% CI: - 1.72, - 0.93). High consumption of carbonated beverages had a moderate effect on BMD (ES: -0.73, 95% CI: - 1.12, - 0.35).
conclusionThe meta-analysis showed that SSBs consumption such as carbonated beverages were inversely related to BMD in adults. Qualitative review supported the results of meta-analysis.
trial registrationThis review was registered in the PROSPERO database under identifier CRD42020164428 .
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