A school-based cross-sectional study in 2007 evaluated the prevalence and associated factors of daily consumption of soft drinks, sweets and fried foods among adolescents (15 to 20 years of age) in public schools in Caruaru in the state of Pernambuco. To evaluate the factors associated with the daily consumption of the above foods, a multivariate and hierarchical analysis was conducted using Po...

In recent years, the search for lifestyle changes that will slow the obesity epidemic and its adverse sequelae has turned to dietary sugar. A substantial number of calories come from beverages and desserts made with sucrose or high-fructose corn syrup, which are absorbed as a mixture of glucose and fructose. But apart from weight gain from excess sweet calories, what are the specific metabolic ...

One of the last mysteries in plant physiology is the efflux of sugars from mesophyll cells into the apoplasmic space. Depending on the strategy of long-distance assimilate transport, text books divide plants into symplasmic and apoplasmic phloem loaders. In both cases large concentration gradients are built up between mesophyll cells and the sieve element–companion cell complex (SE– CCC) of the...

Biotrophic microbes feeding on plants must obtain carbon from their hosts without killing the cells. The symbiotic Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi colonizing plant roots do so by inducing major transcriptional changes in the host that ultimately also reprogram the whole carbon partitioning of the plant. AM fungi obtain carbohydrates from the root cortex apoplast, in particular from the periar...

This paper presents a methodology for identification and classification of bulk sugary food objects. Comprising of south Indian typical sweets like Applecake, Bundeladu, Burfi, Doodhpeda, Jamun, Jilebi, Kalakand Ladakiladu, Mysorepak and Suraliholige. When these sweets arranged for display at the shops exhibit different patterns and hence texture is the basis used for recognition. The texture f...

OBJECTIVES To assess the consumption of sweets, carbonated beverages, and energy drinks along with their correlates among primary school children.  Methods: A total of 725 children (7-12 years old) were randomly recruited from 10 elementary schools from Al-Baha city, Saudi Arabia in 2013, using a multi-stage stratified sampling technique and pre-tested validated questionnaire.  Results: Approxi...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the associations of BMI and overweight in adulthood with consumption of sweets and sugar-sweetened soft drinks in childhood and with the change in consumption between childhood and adulthood. DESIGN Longitudinal 21-year follow-up study of Finnish children and adolescents from childhood to adulthood. SETTING The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, comprising pa...