Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Obesity among Children and Adolescents: A Review of Systematic Literature Reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents has increased worldwide and has reached alarming proportions. Currently, sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are the primary source of added sugar in the diet of children and adolescents. Contradictive findings from studies and reviews have fueled an endless debate on the role of SSBs in the development of childhood obesity.

Objectives

The primary aim of the present review of reviews was to assess how review- and study-level methodological factors explain conflicting results across reviews and meta-analyses by providing an up-to-date synthesis of recent evidence regarding the association between SSB consumption and weight gain, overweight, and obesity in a population of 6-month-old to 19-year-old

SUBMITTER: Keller A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4529053 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature