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2010 Archive of Recent Research

Note to Readers: Any opinions expressed in the recent research abstracts are those of the authors of the original scientific papers and may not reflect the views of Sugar Nutrition UK.

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To what extent have sweetened beverages contributed to the obesity epidemic?
Woodward-Lopez g, Kao J, Ritchie L (2010) Public Health Nutrition DOI:101017/S1368980020002375

Perceived volume, expected satiation, and the energy content of self-selected meals. Brunstrom JM, Collingwood J, Rogers PJ
Appetite (2010) 55: 25–29

Misreporting of energy intake in the elderly using doubly labelled water to measure total energy expenditure and weight change. Shahar DR, Yu B, Houston DK et al.
Journal of the American College of Nutrition 29 (2010): 14-24

Caloric restriction with or without exercise: the fitness versus fatness debate. Larson-Meyer DE, Redman L, Heilbronn LK, et al.
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (2010) 42; 152-159

Association of change in daily step count over five years with insulin sensitivity and adiposity: population based cohort study Dwyer T, Ponsonby A-L, Ukoumunne OC, et al.
British Medical Journal (2010) 341:c7249 doi:10.1136/bmj.c7249

Nutritively sweetened beverage consumption and body weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized experiments. Mattes RD, Shikany JM, Kaiser KA, Allison DB.(2010)
Obesity Reviews doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00755.x

Impact of Targeted Beverage Taxes on Higher- and Lower-Income Households. Finkelstein EA, Zhen C, Nonnemaker J,Todd JE (2010)
Archives of Internal Medicine 170: 2028-2034

Modelling the impact of a healthy diet on cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality. Scarborough P, Nnoaham KE, Clarke D, Capewell, S, Rayner M (2010)
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health doi:10.1136/jech.2010.114520

Soft drinks, sweetened beverages and risk of pancreatic cancer. Gallus S, Turati F, Tavani A et al. (2010)
Cancer Causes and Control 22:33-39

Change in Physical Activity and Colon Cancer Incidence and Mortality. Wolin KY, Patel AV, Campbell PT et al. (2010)
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 19: 3000-3004

Non-prescribed physical activity energy expenditure is maintained with structured exercise and implicates a compensatory increase in energy intake. Turner JE, Markovitch D, Betts JA, Thompson D (2010)
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 92: 1009–1016

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes. A meta-analysis. Malik VS, Popkin BM, Bray GA, Despr’es J-P, Willett WC, Hu FB (2010)
Diabetes Care 33: 2477-2483

Leisure-time physical activity and type 2 diabetes during a 28 year follow-up in twins. Waller K, Kaprio J, Lehtovira M. et al.(2010)
Diabetologia 53: 2531-2537

A low–glycemic index diet combined with exercise reduces insulin resistance, postprandial hyperinsulinemia, and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide responses in obese, prediabetic humans. Solomon TPJ, Haus JM, Kelly KR et al.
(2010) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 92: 1359-1368

Diets with High or Low Protein Content and Glycemic Index for Weight-Loss Maintenance. Larsen TM, Dalskov S-M, van Baak M, et al.
(2010) New England Journal of Medicine 363: 2102-2113

Urinary sucrose and fructose as biomarkers of sugar consumption. Johner SA, Libuda L, Retzlaff A et al.
(2010) European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 64: 1365-1370

Compensation or displacement of physical activity in middle-school girls: Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls. Baggett CD, Stevens J, Catellier DJ et al.
International Journal of Obesity 34 (2010): 1193-1199

Diet and exercise in the prevention of diabetes. Walker KZ, O’Dea K, Gomez M et al
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 23 (2010): 344-352

Effects of glycemic load on metabolic risk markers in subjects at increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome. Ruth Vrolix R and Ronald P Mensink RP
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 92 (2010):366–74

An assessment of lifestyle video education for people newly dignosed with type 2 diabetes. Dyson PA, Beatty S, Matthews DR
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 23 (2010): 353-359

Snacking is associated with reduced risk of overweight and reduced abdominal obesity in adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999–2004. Keast DR, Nicklas TA, O’Neil CE
American Journal Clinical Nutrition 92 (2010):428–35

Dietary determinants of changes in waist circumference adjusted for body mass index – a proxy of visceral adiposity. Romaguera D, Angquits L, Du H et al
(2010) PLOS One 5(7):e11588.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011588

Trends in energy and sugar intakes and body mass index between 1983 and 1997 among children in Great Britain. Gibson S (2010)
Journal of Human Nutrition and dietetics 23: 371-381

Long-term effectiveness of a nutritional program in reducing early childhood caries: a randomized trial.
Feldens CA, Guigliani ERJ, Duncan BB et al. (2010)

Fruit and vegetable intake and overall cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Boffetta P, Couto E, Wichmann J et al.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2010)102: 529-537

Efficacy of sweet solutions for analgesia in infants between 1 and 12 months of age: a systematic review. Harrison D, Stevens B, Beueno M et al.
Archives of Diseases in Childhood 95 (2010): 406-413

The ‘obesity paradox’: a parsimonious explanation for relations among obesity, mortality rate and aging?
Childers DK, Allison DB International journal of Obesity (2010) 43: 1231-1238

Weight and Metabolic Outcomes After 2 Years on a Low-Carbohydrate Versus Low-Fat Diet. Foster GD, Wyatt HR, Hill JO, et al
Annals of Internal Medicine 153 (2010): 147-157

Changes in Intakes of Total and Added Sugar and their Contribution to Energy Intake in the U.S. Chung OK, Chung CE, Wang Y et al.
Nutrients 2 (2010): 834-854

Low-intensity physical activity is associated with reduced risk of incident type 2 diabetes in older adults: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Demakakos P, Hamer M, Stamatakis E, Steptoe E
Diabetologia 53 (2010):1877–1885

Snacking Habits and Caries in Young Children. Johansson I, Lif Holgerson P, Kressin NR et al.
Caries Res 44 (2010): 421-430

Physical Activity Attenuates the Genetic Predisposition to Obesity in 20,000 Men and Women from EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study. Li S, Zhao JH, Luan J, Ekelund U, Luben RN, et al.
(2010) PLoS Med 7(8): e1000332. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000332

Effect of changing the amount and type of fat and carbohydrate on insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk: the RISCK (Reading, Imperial, Surrey, Cambridge and Kings) trial. Jebb SA, Lovegrove JA, Griffin BA et al.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2010) doi:10.3945/ajcn.2009.29096

Effect of change in physical activity on body fatness over a 10 year period in the Doetinchem Cohort Study. May AM, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Boshuizen H et al.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 92 (2010): 491–9

Adiposity changes after a 1-year aerobic exercise intervention among postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial. Friedenreich CM, Woolcott CG, McTiernan A et al.
International Journal of Obesity (2010) doi:10.1038/ijo.2010.147

Glycemic index, glycemic load, and the risk of pancreatic cancer among postmenopausal women in the women’s health initiative observational study and clinical trial. Simon MS, Shikany JM, Neuhouser ML et al
Cancer Causes Control (2010) DOI 10.1007/s10552-010-9632-4

Intake of artificially sweetened soft drinks and risk of preterm delivery:a prospective cohort study in 59,334 Danish pregnant women. Halldorsson TI, Strøm M, Petersen SB, Olsen SF
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 92 (2010): 626–33

Effects of stevia, aspartame, and sucrose on food intake, satiety, and postprandial glucose and insulin levels. Anton SD, Martin CK, Han H et al
Appetite 55 (2010): 37-43

Variations in BMI and Prevalence of Health Risks in Diverse Racial and Ethnic Populations Stommel M, Schoenborn CA
Obesity 18 (2010): 1821–1826

Longitudinal Trends in Obesity in the United States From Adolescence to the Third Decade of Life. Gordon-Larsen P, The NS, Adair LS
Obesity 18 (2010): 1801–1804

Independent Associations Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Abdominal Obesity With Metabolic Risk in Adolescents and Adults. Kuk JL, Lee SJ
Obesity 18 (2010): 2061–2063

Saturated Fat and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes: a Fresh Look at the Evidence. Micha R, Mozaffarian D
Lipids (2010) 45:893–905

Atherogenic dyslipidemia: cardiovascular risk and dietary intervention. Musunuru K
Lipids (2010)45: 907-914

Reducing consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) is associated with reduced blood pressure - a pospective study among United States adults. Liwei Chen L, Caballero B, Mitchell DC
Circulation (2010) 121:2398-2406

Effects of sucrose drinks on macronutrient intake, body weight, and mood state in overweight women over 4 weeks. Reid M, Hammersley R,
Duffy M
Appetite (2010) 55: 130–136

Are caloric beverages compensated for in the short-term by young adults? An investigation with particular focus on gender differences. Ranawana DV, Henry CJK
Appetite doi;10.1016/j.appet.2010.05.046

The plausibility of sugar addiction and its role in obesity and eating disorders. Benton D
Clinical Nutrition 29 (2010) 288–303

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