OBJECTIVE: To describe the findings and recommendations of a Citizen’s Jury exploring public perspectives on taxation of food and drinks as a preventive strategy for childhood obesity.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between added sugars intake and HDL levels in females from early adolescence to early adulthood. And to examine whether the relationship is modified by BMI.
OBJECTIVE: To review the evidence on the effects of different macronutrients densities, and their interaction, on energy intake.
OBJECTIVE: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled feeding trials examining the effect of fructose on markers of NAFLD in humans.
The demand for information on diet and health has grown exponentially in recent years, as the technology to access information has developed and become more accessible to European consumers. Consumers have at their disposal a wide range of sources (e.g. print media, television, radio, social media, friends and family, diet and health professionals and the Internet) providing them with information on diet and health, but how much do we know about these? More “European consumers and sources of information on diet and health”
Many people are understandably confused by the plethora of terms and figures used to describe sugar and recommendations for intake. This summary attempts to unravel the jargon and clarify the picture by describing how sugars are classified, how dietary recommendations were arrived at, and how they should be applied. More “What counts as sugar & how much should we be consuming? A guide to terminology & recommendations”