Choose MyPlate: Drink Water Instead of Sugary Drinks

Fruit juice: just another sugary drink?

The evidence for a role of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in the development of obesity and associated comorbid ities, although not fully resolved, is becoming increasingly convincing, with supporting data from both prospective cohort studies and randomised trials. The obesogenic eff ect of SSBs seems to be simply a consequence of the excess calories provided by their consumption, rather than...

Time for a sugary drinks tax in the UK?

Food taxes are much discussed. However, the question for public health remains: what role could these taxes have in improving our health? A response to the paper by Cornelsen et al. sets out some of the issues. While the authors’ focus is on whether these taxes make us thin, others have argued the focus should be broader, being health or even the environment and health. The paper includes a val...

Is a tax on sugary drinks too bitter to swallow?

Proper Consumption of Sugary Drinks and its Association with Adolescent Girls’ Knowledge and Skill

Background: Changes in the nutritional behaviors from consumption of traditional nutriments to intakes of high energy, concerned in powering the increasing problem in adolescents and children's obesity. The current study intended to evaluate Proper consumption of sugary drinks and its association with adolescent girls’ knowledge and skill in Shahr-e-kord city, Iran.Materials and Methods: This w...

Soft drinks and 'desire to drink' in preschoolers

Interest in soft drink consumption has increased following a dramatic rise in intake over recent years. Research to date has focused primarily on general trends in consumption or on understanding the mechanism by which soft drink consumption may be linked to weight gain. It is clear however that there is considerable individual variability in the extent to which soft drinks are consumed and fac...