OBJECTIVE: To investigate the separate effects of habitual exercise differing in amount and intensity on abdominal obesity and glucose tolerance to determine whether there is added benefit from performing the same amount of exercise at a higher intensity. More “Effects of exercise amount and intensity on abdominal obesity and glucose tolerance in obese adults: a randomized trial”
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the metabolic effects of substituting a dairy beverage (milk) and a dairy food (yogurt) for a sugar-sweetened beverage (soda) and a sugar-sweetened non-dairy-food (non-dairy pudding), in order to test the hypothesis that consumption of dairy products compared with sugar sweetened products (SSPs) would favourably affect insulin sensitivity and pancreatic beta-cell function in habitual consumers of high-sugar beverages. More “Sugar-sweetened product consumption alters glucose homeostasis compared with dairy product consumption in men and women at risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus”
OBJECTIVE: To examine prospectively the association between sucrose intake and risk of overweight and obesity using urinary sugar biomarkers and self-reported dietary data. More “Association between sucrose intake and risk of overweight and obesity in a prospective sub-cohort of the European prospective investigation into cancer in Norfolk (EPIC-NORFOLK)”
OBJECTIVE: To use a metabolomics–based approach to identify a panel of biomarkers associated with sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) intake in order to increase understanding of the link between SSB intake and health. More “A metabolomics approach to the identification of biomarkers of sugar-sweetened beverage intake”
OBJECTIVE: To investigate recent trends in consumption of all commonly consumed beverages among US children during the past decade. More “Changing beverage consumption patterns have resulted in fewer liquid calories in the diets of US children: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2010”
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between the frequency of consumption of the main types of beverages and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a cohort from the Chinese population. More “Beverage habits and mortality in Chinese adults”
OBJECTIVE: To examine the change in daily energy intake associated with pairwise compositional change in dietary carbohydrate, fat and protein intake among US adults. More “Change in daily energy intake associated with pairwise compositional change in carbohydrate, fat and protein intake among US adults, 1999-2010”
We welcome efforts to tackle the complex problem of obesity in British society and better educate the public on the foods they consume. We read with interest the editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (It’s time to bust the myth of physical inactivity and obesity; you can’t outrun a bad diet), but are concerned that it disregards the current consensus of scientific evidence on both obesity and the relationship between sugars, carbohydrates and body weight. More “Sugar Nutrition UK response to British Journal of Sports Medicine Editorial on Physical Inactivity and Obesity”
Unlike all other major causes of death, liver disease is increasing. It is of interest that the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a precursor to chronic liver disease, is increasing; therefore the spotlight on the causes and potential treatments has been intensifying. Without an approved pharmacological treatment, nutrition and lifestyle modifications are the primary recommendations for patients with NAFLD. More “Fatty liver and diet”
Rising obesity rates have resulted in a progressive increase in obesity related complications throughout the world. Type 2 diabetes is closely linked to obesity, particularly adult weight gain, and prevalence has similarly been steadily rising. Worryingly this trend continues to rates of childhood and adolescent type 2 diabetes, a condition associated with significant long term health consequences. There is also increasing concern about the most rapidly rising categories of severe obesity, which demand greater weight loss to control secondary medical consequences. The outlook would appear bleak, but strategies to deal with these problems exist, and additional approaches are being examined. More “Low calorie diets and diabetes”