Sugar

Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled a list of the top-read articles of June 2020.

Increased intake of added sugar and sugar-sweetened beverages was linked to greater visceral and pericardial adipose tissue volumes, researchers found.

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.

Adults who eat a breakfast high in sugar are no more likely to go on to consume more calories during the day than adults who eat a breakfast lower in sugar, according to findings from a randomized crossover study published in Obesity.

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.

LAS VEGAS — Consumers report more consistently considering the negative health effects of drinking soda and other sugary beverages when health warning labels are included in packaging, according to findings presented at ObesityWeek.

Taxing sugar-sweetened drinks based on sugar content would provide more health and economic benefits than a tax based on drink volume, according to research published in Science.

Consuming more soft drinks — both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened — increases the risk for all-cause mortality, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.