Association between sucrose intake and risk of overweight and obesity in a prospective sub-cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer in Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of the present study was to investigate associations between sugar intake and overweight using dietary biomarkers in the Norfolk cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Norfolk).

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

EPIC-Norfolk in the UK, recruitment between 1993 and 1997.

Subjects

Men and women (n 1734) aged 39-77 years. Sucrose intake was assessed using 7 d diet diaries. Baseline spot urine samples were analysed for sucrose by GC-MS. Sucrose concentration adjusted by specific gravity was used as a biomarker for intake. Regression analyses were used to investigate associations between sucrose intake and risk of BMI>25·0 kg/m2 after three years of follow-up.

Results

After three years o

SUBMITTER: Kuhnle GG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4595857 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature