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lördag, september 22, 2012

Online First from the New England Journal of Medicine‏

Artiklarna: Man kan befara oftast svårförståeligt fackspråk men det finns nog också sådant som kan tillföra oss  icke-fackfolk något; för att inte tala om  träningen i det engelska (amerikanska) språket. Själv började jag (är inte klar ännu - om jag någonsin blir klar) med att traggla mig igenom artikeln med den intressanta rubriken rubriken "Calories from softdrinks - do they matter?". Klicka på de gul-blå rubrikerna.
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NEJM ALERT | September 21, 2012

The following articles were published at NEJM.org to coincide with presentations at The Obesity Society’s annual meeting.

Perspective

>> Portion Sizes and Beyond — Government’s Legal Authority to Regulate Food-Industry Practices

J.L. Pomeranz and K.D. Brownell

Original Article

>> Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Genetic Risk of Obesity

Q. Qi and Others

Original Article

>> A Trial of Sugar-free or Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Body Weight in Children

J.C. de Ruyter and Others

Original Article

>> A Randomized Trial of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Adolescent Body Weight

C.B. Ebbeling and Others

Editorial

>> Calories from Soft Drinks — Do They Matter?

S. Caprio
 
"--- The increase in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among both adults and children in the United States and other countries is considered a potential contributor to the obesity pandemic. Sugar intake from sugar-sweetened beverages alone, which are the largest single caloric food source in the United States, approaches 15% of the daily caloric intake in several population groups. Adolescent boys in the United States consume an average of 357 kcal of the beverages per day. Sugar-sweetened beverages are marketed extensively to children and adolescents, and large increases in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages have occurred among black and Mexican-American youth, who are known to be at higher risk for obesity and the development of type 2 diabetes than their white counterparts. ---"  (Read more)

Clinical Decisions

>> Regulation of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

T. Farley, D.R. Just, and B. Wansink
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