Soda Consumption Among Adolescents: Implications for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Affiliations

Editorial

Gitanjali M Singh. Am J Public Health. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;107(7):1025-1027.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303855.

¹ Gitanjali M. Singh is with the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA.

No abstract available

Comment on

Consumption of Carbonated Soft Drinks Among Young Adolescents Aged 12 to 15 Years in 53 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Yang L, Bovet P, Liu Y, Zhao M, Ma C, Liang Y, Xi B. Yang L, et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Jul;107(7):1095-1100. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303762. Epub 2017 May 18. Am J Public Health. 2017. PMID: 28520485 Free PMC article.

1. Hu FB. Resolved: there is sufficient scientific evidence that decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption will reduce the prevalence of obesity and obesity-related diseases. Obes Rev. 2013;14(8):606–619. - PMC - PubMed
1. Ebbeling CB, Feldman HA, Chomitz VR et al. A randomized trial of sugar-sweetened beverages and adolescent body weight. N Engl J Med. 2012;367(15):1407–1416. - PMC - PubMed
1. de Ruyter JC, Olthof MR, Seidell JC, Katan MB. A trial of sugar-free or sugar-sweetened beverages and body weight in children. N Engl J Med. 2012;367(15):1397–1406. - PubMed
1. Marshall TA. Preventing dental caries associated with sugar-sweetened beverages. J Am Dent Assoc. 2013;144(10):1148–1152. - PubMed
1. Singh GM, Micha R, Khatibzadeh S, Lim S, Ezzati M, Mozaffarian D. Estimated global, regional, and national disease burdens related to sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in 2010. Circulation. 2015;132(8):639–666. - PMC - PubMed