Soda and Cell Aging: Associations Between Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Leukocyte Telomere Length in Healthy Adults From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

Leung,C.W., Laraia,B.A., Needham,B.L., et al. (2014) Am.J.Public Health e1-e7 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302151 [doi]

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between telomere length and intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), diet soda and 100% fruit juice.

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Predicting adult weight change in the real world: a systematic review and meta-analysis accounting for compensatory changes in energy intake or expenditure

Dhurandhar,E.J., Kaiser,K.A., Dawson,J.A., Alcorn,A.S., Keating,K.D. and Allison,D.B. (2014) Int.J.Obes.(Lond) 10.1038/ijo.2014.184 [doi]

OBJECTIVE: To build an empirically-based model to predict weight change outcomes in free-living subjects, and to quantify the extent to which observed weight change in free-living subjects differs from that predicted under the assumption of no behavioural compensation.

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Screen time, adiposity and cardiometabolic markers: mediation by physical activity, not snacking, among 11-year-old children

Berentzen,N.E., Smit,H.A., van Rossem,L., et al. (2014) Int.J.Obes.(Lond) 38:1317-1323 10.1038/ijo.2014.110 [doi]

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the association of more screen time with higher adiposity and cardiometabolic risk is mediated by higher consumption of snacks and less time spent being physically active.

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Association between water consumption and body weight outcomes in children and adolescents: A systematic review

Muckelbauer,R., Barbosa,C.L., Mittag,T., Burkhardt,K., Mikelaishvili,N. and Muller-Nordhorn,J., (2014) Obesity (Silver Spring) 22:2462-2475 10.1002/oby.20911

OBJECTIVE: To summarise the evidence from existing studies on the association between the consumption of water as a beverage and body weight outcomes in children.

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The influence of plate size on meal composition. Literature review and experiment

Libotte,E., Siegrist,M. and Bucher,T., (2014) Appetite 82:91-96 10.1016/j.appet.2014.07.010

OBJECTIVE: To review published literature investigating whether plate or bowl size influences energy intake, and in a controlled experimental study to investigate whether plate size affects food choices of normal eaters in a self-service setting.

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Provision of healthy school meals does not affect the metabolic syndrome score in 8-11-year-old children, but reduces cardiometabolic risk markers despite increasing waist circumference

Damsgaard,C.T., Dalskov,S.M., Laursen,R.P., et al, (2014) Br.J.Nutr. 1-11 S0007114514003043

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of providing school lunch and snacks based on the New Nordic Diet (NND), on the metabolic syndrome (MetS) score and on individual cardiometabolic markers and body composition in school children. NND is in accordance with the Nordic Diet Recommendations and the Danish Food-based Guidelines.

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