News & Views - Date: December 2012

Response to the latest media activities of the author, Robert Lustig

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Sugar Nutrition UK welcomes the opportunity to respond to the latest media activities of the author, Robert Lustig. He makes 3 main claims in regards to sugar; all of which are factually incorrect and are not supported by either the body of scientific evidence or findings of Expert Committees. Given that a number of his claims are misrepresentative of science and could be misleading to the public, it is unfortunate that none of his recent activities were subject to the peer-review process normally expected of contributions to the scientific literature. Reviews of the scientific evidence have concluded that sugar is neither toxic, nor addictive and does not cause any of the diseases associated with metabolic syndrome.

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Dietary glycemic index and glycemic load and breast cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

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Romieu,I., Ferrari,P., Rinaldi,S., et al..(2012) Am.J.Clin.Nutr. 96:345-355 10.3945/ajcn.111.026724

Objective: To assess the association between GI, GL and total CHO intake and breast cancer risk

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Patterns and trends of beverage consumption among children and adults in Great Britain, 1986-2009

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Ng,S.W., Ni Mhurchu,C., Jebb,S.A. and Popkin,B.M..(2012) Br.J.Nutr. 108:536-551 10.1017/S0007114511006465

Objective: To provide a picture of patterns and trends in beverage intake and purchases in Great Britain from 1986 to 2009, and estimate the potential for pricing policy to promote more healthful beverage purchase patterns.

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Dietary macronutrients and food consumption as determinants of long-term weight change in adult populations: a systematic literature review

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Fogelholm,M., Anderssen,S., Gunnarsdottir,I. and Lahti-Koski,M. (2012) Food Nutr.Res. Epub 2012 Aug 13

Objective: To examine the role of dietary macronutrient composition, food consumption and dietary patterns in predicting weight or waist circumference (WC) change, with and without prior weight reduction

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Associations between fat, sugar and other macronutrient intakes in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey

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Horgan,G.W. and Whybrow,S..(2012) Nutrition Bulletin 37: 213-223

Objective: To examine the association between fat, sugar and other macronutrient intakes in the diets of adults participating in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) i.e. the ‘fat-sugar seesaw’. In addition, to examine associations between the same nutrients in foods from the nutrient databank which were used to analyse dietary intake in the NDNS.

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Association between intake of artificially sweetened and sugar-sweetened beverages and preterm delivery: a large prospective cohort study

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Brantsaeter,A.L., Haugen,M., et al.. Am.J.Clin.Nutr. 96:552-559

Objective: To examine the associations between both artificially sweetened beverages (AS) and sugar-sweetened beverages (SS) and preterm delivery

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Daily sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and insulin resistance in European adolescents: the HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) Study

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Kondaki,K., Grammatikaki,E., Jimenez-Pavon,D et al (2012) Public Health Nutr. 1-8

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between the consumption of selected food groups and insulin resistance, with an emphasis on SSB

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Moderate Amounts of Fructose Consumption Impair Insulin Sensitivity in Healthy Young Men: A randomized controlled trial

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Aeberli,I., Hochuli,M., Gerber,P.A. and Sze,L. (2012) Diabetes Care 10.2337/dc12-0540

Objective: To determine the effect of moderate amounts of fructose and sucrose compared with glucose on glucose and lipid metabolism

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Cardiovascular disease risk in healthy children and its association with body mass index: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Friedemann,C., Heneghan,C., Mahtani,K., Thompson,M., Perera,R. and Ward,A.M. (2012) BMJ 345:e4759

Objective: To describe the association between BMI, sex and CVD risk parameters in school-aged children in highly developed countries

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