Reply to Brown et al

Comment

Sonia Hernández-Cordero et al. J Nutr. 2015 May.

. 2015 May;145(5):1029-30.

doi: 10.3945/jn.115.211680.

No abstract available

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Substituting water for sugar-sweetened beverages reduces circulating triglycerides and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in obese but not in overweight Mexican women in a randomized controlled trial.
Hernández-Cordero S, Barquera S, Rodríguez-Ramírez S, Villanueva-Borbolla MA, González de Cossio T, Dommarco JR, Popkin B. Hernández-Cordero S, et al. J Nutr. 2014 Nov;144(11):1742-52. doi: 10.3945/jn.114.193490. Epub 2014 Sep 3. J Nutr. 2014. PMID: 25332472 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Communication of randomized controlled trial results must match the study focus.
Brown AW, Sievenpiper JL, Kyle TA, Kaiser KA. Brown AW, et al. J Nutr. 2015 May;145(5):1027-9. doi: 10.3945/jn.114.207282. J Nutr. 2015. PMID: 25934665 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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