December 4, 2007 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News
Carbohydrate quantity and quality in relation to body mass index.
The increased prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States since approximately 1980 is temporally associated with an increase in carbohydrate intake, with no appreciable change in absolute intake of fat....August 27, 2007 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News
Effect of Television Viewing at Mealtime on Food Intake After a Glucose Preload
Television viewing (TVV) is considered a contributing factor to the development of childhood obesity yet it is unclear whether obesity results, in part, from increased energy intake during TVV....June 13, 2007 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News
Associations between dietary added sugar intake and micronutrient intake: a systematic review
There is increasing concern that high intakes of added sugars might compromise intakes of micronutrients....April 4, 2007 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News
Liquid calories, sugar and body weight
The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages has been linked to rising rates of obesity in the United States. The standard explanation is that energy-containing liquids are less satiating than are solid foods....February 22, 2007 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News
Simple Carbohydrates and Obesity: Fact, Fiction and Future
These proceedings are a summary of an international workshop held on April 5-6, 2006 in Utrecht, The Netherlands....December 21, 2006 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News
New Resources: Child Nutrition Issues, Sugars Consumption
The Canadian Sugar Institute (CSI) Nutrition Information Service is pleased to provide you with the latest edition of our annual health professional publication, Carbohydrate News, and an additional health professional resource, Estimates of Added Sugars Consumption in Canada....October 19, 2006 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News
Putative contributors to the secular increase in obesity: exploring the roads less traveled
Objective: To investigate plausible contributors to the obesity epidemic beyond the two most commonly suggested factors, reduced physical activity and food marketing practices....August 21, 2006 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News
Is there an association between sweetened beverages and adiposity?
Four mechanisms were reviewed to explain the possible association between sweetened beverages and increased overweight or obesity: excess caloric intake, glycemic index and glycemic load, lack of effect of liquid calories on satiety, and displacement of milk....June 22, 2006 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News
Determining the relationship between dietary carbohydrate intake and insulin resistance
Insulin resistance underlies type 2 diabetes, CVD and the metabolic syndrome, driven by changes in diet, lifestyle, energy over-consumption and obesity....April 6, 2006 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News