Bucher Della Torre, S; Keller, A; Depeyre, J L; Kruseman, M (2016) Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Volume 116, Issue 4, 638 - 659
OBJECTIVE: To systematically analyse the methodology of studies investigating the influence of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption on risk of obesity and obesity among children and adolescents.
Benton, D. and Young, H.A. (2016) International Journal of Obesity, 40, S12–S21; doi:10.1038/ijo.2016.9
OBJECTIVE: To examine the role of dopamine D2 receptors (DD2R) in obesity, through associations between BMI and the Taq1A polymorphism. The A1 allele is associated with a 30–40% lower number of DD2R, and is a risk factor for drug addiction. More “A meta-analysis of the relationship between brain dopamine receptors and obesity: a matter of changes in behavior rather than food addiction?”
Jiantao Ma, Nicola M. McKeown, Shih-Jen Hwang, Udo Hoffmann, Paul F. Jacques, Caroline S. Fox. Circulation. 2016 doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.018704
OBJECTIVE: To study the prospective association of habitual sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) and diet soda intake and change in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT). More “Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Is Associated With Change of Visceral Adipose Tissue Over 6 Years of Follow-Up”
OBJECTIVE: To consider scientific evidence related to replacing caloric sugars with sweeteners which provide sweetness without the potential detrimental effects associated with intake of sugar, in order to reduce overweight and obesity in children.
More “Artificial sweeteners are not the answer to childhood obesity”
The below letter was published in the Evening Standard on Tuesday 10th November 2015
Don’t make sugar the scapegoat
Is Nick Clegg [Comment, November 5] right to focus only on sugar in targeting obesity? The article suggests sugar consumption has increased by nearly a third but Government data shows consumption levels have been stable over the past 30 years.
More “Sugar Nutrition UK letter published in Evening Standard”
OBJECTIVE: To assess how methodological factors explain conflicting results by reviewing recent evidence of the association between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and weight gain, overweight and obesity across children and adolescents aged between 6 months to 19 years.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between obesity, CVD and mortality in a cohort of type 2 diabetics (T2D). More “The obesity paradox in type 2 diabetes mellitus: relationship of body mass index to prognosis: a cohort study”
OBJECTIVE: To review the totality of the highest level of evidence in order to provide a better understanding of the role of sugars in weight gain, overweight and obesity. More “Sugars and obesity: is it the sugars or the calories?”
OBJECTIVE: To document patterns and changes in average adult consumption in the USA since the earliest US government dietary recommendations for reduced fat intakes were issued (late 1970s) to current intakes, based on National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data. Also to investigate the correlation between long-term consumer dietary patterns and obesity rates. More “Statistical review of US macronutrient consumption data, 1965-2011: Americans have been following dietary guidelines, coincident with the rise in obesity”
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”