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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