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Consumption of Soft Drinks and Overweight and Obesity Among Adolescents in 107 Countries and Regions.
(2023-07-03)IMPORTANCE: Soft drink consumption is associated with weight gain in children and adolescents, but little is known about the association between soft drink consumption and prevalence of the overweight and obesity in ... -
Coronary artery bypass angiography: the exception to the radial access rule?
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Cross-sectional comparisons of sodium content in processed meat and fish products among five countries: potential for feasible targets and reformulation.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-10-14)INTRODUCTION: Reducing sodium intake has been identified as a highly cost-effective strategy to prevent and control high blood pressure and reduce cardiovascular mortality. This study aims to compare the sodium content in ... -
Cross-sectional survey of the amount of sugar and energy in cakes and biscuits on sale in the UK for the evaluation of the sugar-reduction programme.
(2018-07-25)OBJECTIVES: To investigate the variation in sugar and energy content of cakes and biscuits available in the UK. DESIGN: We carried out a cross-sectional survey in 2016 of 381 cakes and 481 biscuits available in nine main ... -
Cross-sectional surveys of the amount of sugar, energy and caffeine in sugar-sweetened drinks marketed and consumed as energy drinks in the UK between 2015 and 2017: monitoring reformulation progress.
(2017-12-14)OBJECTIVES: To investigate the sugar, energy and caffeine content of sugar-sweetened drinks marketed and consumed as energy drinks available in the UK. STUDY DESIGN: We carried out a cross-sectional survey in 2015 and 2017 ... -
Developing a policy to reduce the salt content of food consumed outside the home in Malaysia: protocol of a qualitative study.
(2021-07-23)INTRODUCTION: Current salt intake in Malaysia is high. The existing national salt reduction policy has faced slow progress and does not yet include measures to address the out of home sector. Dishes consumed in the out of ... -
Dietary Sodium 'Controversy'-Issues and Potential Solutions.
(2021-06-19)PURPOSE OF REVIEW: High dietary sodium is estimated to be the leading dietary risk for death attributed to 1.8 million deaths in 2019. There are uniform recommendations to reduce sodium consumption based on evidence that ... -
Dietary sodium intake and overweight and obesity in children and adults: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
(2016-01-18)BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity in children and adults is a major public health concern. Emerging evidence suggests dietary sodium intake may be associated with obesity. This systematic review and meta-analysis will aim ... -
The dose-response relationship between cigarette consumption, biochemical markers and risk of lung cancer.
(1997)The relationship between the number of cigarettes smoked per day and the incidence of lung cancer is linear but, from the multistage model of carcinogenesis, it should be quadratic (upwards curving). We investigated this ...