Beverage

WASHINGTON — Drinks marketed as toddler “formulas” are nutritionally lacking and generally unnecessary for most children, according to a clinical report presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

To prevent the adverse effects of added sugars, researchers recommend reducing intake to about 6 teaspoons per day and having less than one sugar-sweetened beverage every week.

Drinking just 2 cups of tea every day may lower one’s mortality risk, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Among women, a higher intake of sugar-sweetened beverages in adulthood and adolescence correlated with a higher risk for early-onset colorectal cancer, according to research published in Gut.

All sugar-sweetened beverage tax designs, including volume, tiered and absolute sugar content taxes, have potential to generate substantial health gains with regard to CVD and diabetes in addition to cost savings, a study found.

The consumption of one or more servings of sugar-sweetened beverages per day was associated with an increased risk for CVD, stroke and revascularization, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

A secondary analysis of survey data showed a small but not clinically relevant association between early exposure to video games and a higher BMI score in later years, which could be explained by irregularity of bedtime and a high consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, researchers reported.

The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages contributes to adverse changes in HDL and triglyceride concentrations, which also increases the risk for dyslipidemia, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.