Barclay, A.W. and Brand-Miller, J. The Australian Paradox: A Substantial Decline in Sugars Intake over the Same Timeframe that Overweight and Obesity Have Increased. Nutrients 2011, 3, 491-504
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On page 498, text line 8, the words in brackets “~600 g per person per year, Figure 6” should be amended to “~600 g per person, Figure 6”. On page 500, text line 17, some words were missing. The amended sentence reads “Food industry data indicate that per capita sales of low calorie (non-nutritively sweetened) beverages doubled from 1994 to 2006 while market share of nutritively sweetened beverages decreased by 10% points.” On page 502, line 2, the words “increasing by 300%” should be amended to “increasing 3-fold”.
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The Australian Paradox: A Substantial Decline in Sugars Intake over the Same Timeframe that Overweight and Obesity Have Increased
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