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Calories from Soft Drinks - Do They Matter?
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PMID:  22998341     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Obesity has emerged as one of the greatest global health challenges of the 21st century.(1) Its increase among children and adolescents is particularly frightening, given the associated metabolic and cardiovascular complications.(2),(3) Studies from developing countries with populations that are undergoing rapid changes in nutrition are showing increases in the prevalence of childhood obesity.(4) The increase in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among both adults and children in the United States and other countries is considered a potential contributor to the obesity pandemic.(5),(6) Sugar intake from sugar-sweetened beverages alone, which are the largest single caloric food source in the United . . .
Authors:
Sonia Caprio
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-9-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  The New England journal of medicine     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1533-4406     ISO Abbreviation:  N. Engl. J. Med.     Publication Date:  2012 Sep 
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Created Date:  2012-9-24     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  0255562     Medline TA:  N Engl J Med     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, and the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation at Yale University, New Haven, CT.
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