The Dilemma of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

The Negative Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on Children’s Health

Over nearly the past 30 years, U.S. children and adolescents have dramatically increased their consumption of sugarsweetened beverages (SSBs), including soda, fruit drinks and punches, and sports drinks (see sidebar for a more complete definition).6,7 Such consumption has been linked to less healthy diets and a number of other negative health consequences, including decreased bone density, dent...

Sugar-sweetened beverages and health: where does the evidence stand?

The relation between sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), obesity, and related health outcomes has increasingly attracted public and scientific interest. Since the late 1970s, intake of SSBs has increased more than 2-fold (1), and currently they are now the primary source of added sugar in the US diet (2). On average, SSBs contain 140–150 kcal and 35–37.5 g sugar per 12-oz serving. The prevailing ...

Intake of sugar - sweetened beverages and weight gain : a systematic

Sugar-sweetened beverages and genetic risk of obesity.

BACKGROUND Temporal increases in the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages have paralleled the rise in obesity prevalence, but whether the intake of such beverages interacts with the genetic predisposition to adiposity is unknown. METHODS We analyzed the interaction between genetic predisposition and the intake of sugar-sweetened beverages in relation to body-mass index (BMI; the weight in...

Impact of sugar-sweetened beverages on blood pressure.

The impact of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) on blood pressure (BP) has been debated, with some evidence suggesting that their increased intake is related to higher risk of developing hypertension. We conducted a systematic review exploring the relation between consumption of SSB and BP. A comprehensive search in 5 electronic databases along with a bibliography search was performed. The keywo...