Latest Sugars-Related Research

CSI provides a monthly summary of new research on sugars and carbohydrates published each month, based on a PubMed search using pre-established search terms. The publications are grouped by topic areas and ordered from higher to lower quality based on the hierarchy of medical evidence. A summary of the screening process is available for download

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March 2025

Below is a full list of sugars-related scientific publications published in March 2025, grouped by topic areas and ordered from higher to lower quality evidence. 

Topic Title Citations Study Type
Dietary Intakes - Beverages Beverage Consumption Patterns Among Navajo Children Aged 2-5 Years.  George CV et al. Curr Dev Nutr. 2024 Oct 26;9(3):104493.  Cross-Sectional
Beverage consumption among adults in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada prior to the implementation of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax.  Zaltz DA et al. BMC Public Health. 2025 Mar 31;25(1):1226.  Cross-Sectional
Dietary Intakes - Foods A Natural Experiment to Evaluate Changes in Kids' Meal Beverages in Fast-food Restaurants Following a Healthy Default Policy, 2019-2022.  Cradock AL et al. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2025 Mar 27.  Quasi-Experimental Study
Fact sheet: nationwide trends in dietary intakes among Korean adults, 2013-2022.  Oh H et al. Korean J Intern Med. 2025 Mar 25.  Cross-Sectional
The high carbonated and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) consumption and associated factors in the West of Iran: a cross-sectional study.  Cheraghi Z et al. BMC Public Health. 2025 Mar 13;25(1):986.  Cross-Sectional
Psychological Determinants of Healthy Food Purchase Intention: An Integrative Model Based on Health Consciousness.  Escobar-Farfán M et al. Nutrients. 2025 Mar 26;17(7):1140. Cross-Sectional
Grocery and chain restaurant foods and beverages allowed for sale in Ontario schools: An evaluation against Ontario's School Food and Beverage Policy.  Ziraldo ER et al. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2025 Mar 17.  Cross-Sectional
Diet Quality Predicting carbohydrate quality in a global database of packaged foods.  Scuccimarra EA et al. Front Nutr. 2025 Mar 12;12:1530846.  Cross-Sectional
Food Science & Reformulation Do sugar substitutes affect quality characteristics and HMF levels of cakes?  Akder RN et al. J Sci Food Agric. 2025 Mar 21.  Cross-Sectional
Declining trends in sweetness of the diet in the United Kingdom: 2008/9-2018/19.  Kutepova I et al. Front Nutr. 2025 Mar 13;12:1521501.  Cross-Sectional
Obesity Dietary fermentable carbohydrate consumption and association with cardiometabolic risk markers in college students: A cross-sectional study.  Jadhav A et al. J Am Coll Health. 2025 Mar 24:1-10.  Cross-Sectional
Sweet Tooth? Blame It on Your Dessert Brain!  Lee CYQ, Margolis KG. Gastroenterology. 2025 Mar 19:S0016-5085(25)00525-6.  Commentary
Characteristics and food consumption for current, previous, and potential consumers of GLP-1 s Andrew Dilley et al. 2025. Vol 129, 105507. Commentary 
Diabetes Dietary Sugar Intake and Incident Type 2 Diabetes Risk: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.  Della Corte KA et al. Adv Nutr. 2025 Mar 21:100413.  SRMA       
Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Levels Are Associated With Perception and Neural Responses to Sweetness in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.  Kang P et al. Diabetes Metab J. 2025 Mar 26.  Case-Control
Carbohydrate Quality Is Independently Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk in Chinese Individuals with Impaired Glucose Tolerance.  Chu NHS et al. Nutrients. 2025 Mar 24;17(7):1123.  Cross-Sectional
The correlation of caloric intake from sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) on type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) risk in Indonesia.  Ahsan A et al. Soc Sci Med. 2025 May;372:117956.  Cross-Sectional
Targeting ultra-processed foods for prevention of type 2 diabetes: state of the evidence and future directions.  Mendoza K, Barquera S, Tobias DK. Diabetologia. 2025 Mar;68(3):495-506.  Narrative Review
Cardiovsacular Disease The impact of dietary sodium and fructose on renal sodium handling and blood pressure in healthy adults.          McMillan RK et al. Physiol Rep. 2025 Mar;13(6):e70284.  RCT
   Adherence to low carbohydrate diet is inversely associated with metabolic syndrome: evidence from MASHAD study. Soltani S et al. BMC Endocr Disord. 2025 Mar 10;25(1):62.  Cross-Sectional
A novel mechanism by which excessive fructose intake leads to hypertension.  Kamijo Y. Hypertens Res. 2025 Mar;48(3):1174-1175.  Editorial
Cancer Difference in Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk and Mortality by Dietary Pattern Analysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.  Abebe Z et al. Nutr Rev. 2025 Mar 1;83(3):e991-e1013.  SRMA
High Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake and Oral Cavity Cancer in Smoking and Nonsmoking Women.  Gomez-Castillo L et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Mar 13.  Prospective Cohort
Associations between carbohydrate quality and the survival of, and life expectancy with lung cancer patient: A prospective cohort study.  Chen H et al. Lung Cancer. 2025 Mar 24.  Prospective Cohort
Dental Health Introduction of fruit juice and sugar-sweetened beverages before 6 months of age and early childhood caries at 3.5 years: the ELFE cohort study.  Kerguen J et al. Eur J Pediatr. 2025 Mar 25;184(4):268.  Prospective Cohort
An Evaluation of the Relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI), Dietary Habits, and the Prevalence of Dental Caries in Children Aged 4 to 12.  Taraç MG, Kaplan TT. Oral Health Prev Dent. 2025 Mar 6;23:165-171.  Cross-Sectional
Gut Health Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Sugar Forms With Long-Term Risk of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Large-Scale Prospective Cohort Study.  Wu S et al. Food Sci Nutr. 2025 Mar 19;13(3):e70094.  Prospective Cohort
The impact of sugar-sweetened beverages consumption on constipation: evidence from NHANES.  Zhang X, Liu M, Wang Y, Zheng Y, Zhou Y. BMC Public Health. 2025 Mar 24;25(1):1126. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22265-7.  Cross-Sectional
Pregnancy & Infant Health Consumption of artificial sweeteners during pregnancy and the risk of overweight in the offspring.  Gjørup EM et al. Br J Nutr. 2025 Mar 21:1-11.  Prospective Cohort
Fetal exposure to gestational diabetes severity and postnatal infant feeding in the first year of life associated with preadolescent obesity: a prospective cohort.  Sun B et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Mar 12.  Prospective Cohort
Inflammation Non-nutritive sweetener consumption, metabolic risk factors, and inflammatory biomarkers among adults in the Cancer Prevention Study-3 Diet Assessment Sub-Study.  Sylvetsky AC et al. J Nutr. 2025 Mar 22.  Cross-Sectional
Sweet regulation - The emerging immunoregulatory roles of hexoses.  Xu J et al. J Adv Res. 2025 Mar;69:361-379.  Narrative Review
Other Health Conditions Disproportionately higher asthma risk and incidence with high fructose corn syrup, but not sucrose intake, among Black young adults - the CARDIA Study.  DeChristopher LR, Tucker KL. Public Health Nutr. 2025 Mar 26:1-30.  Prospective Cohort
Associations of breakfast cereal consumption with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a large-scale prospective analysis.  Lin Z et al. Nutr J. 2025 Mar 24;24(1):48.  Prospective Cohort
Association between myopia and refined carbohydrate consumption: A cross-sectional study from the Constances cohort.  Berticat C et al. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2025 Mar 22;67:329-337. Cross-Sectional
Multi-faceted nutritional science demonstrated through the prism of sugar: a scoping review on sugar intake and association with quality of life in children and adolescents.  Noerman S et al. Eur J Nutr. 2025 Mar 24;64(3):137.  Narrative Review
Appetite, Taste, and Eating Behaviour Non-caloric sweetener effects on brain appetite regulation in individuals across varying body weights.  Chakravartti SP et al. Nat Metab. 2025 Mar;7(3):574-585.  RCT
Mental Health Consumption of carbonated soft drinks and association with health behaviours and mental health among adolescents in Malaysia: findings from 2022 Adolescent Health Survey (AHS).  Zaki NAM et al. BMC Nutr. 2025 Mar 27;11(1):62.  Cross-Sectional
Associations of body roundness index and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption with psychological symptoms in adolescents: a multicenter cross-sectional survey based on Chinese adolescents aged 12-18 years old.  Chen L et al. Front Nutr. 2025 Mar 10;12:1505491.  Cross-Sectional
Associations between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity duration and psychological symptoms in adolescents: A nationwide study in China.  Tang N, Li J, Zhang Z. J Affect Disord. 2025 Mar 19;380:26-36.  Cross-Sectional
Association of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and cardiorespiratory fitness with executive function: a cross-sectional survey based on Tajik adolescents at high altitude in China.  Sun L, Xue T, Zhao Z. Front Public Health. 2025 Mar 3;13:1554136. Cross-Sectional
Ultraprocessed Foods and Neuropsychiatric Outcomes: Putative Mechanisms.  Lutz M et al. Nutrients. 2025 Mar 30;17(7):1215.  Narrative Review
Physical Activity Repetitive Feeding-Challenge With Different Nutritional Densities on Markers of Gastrointestinal Function, Substrate Oxidation, and Endurance Exercise Performance.   Martinez IG et al. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2025 Feb 6:1-19.  RCT
Carbohydrate supplementation maintains physical performance during short-term energy deficit despite reductions in exogenous glucose oxidation.   Margolis LM et al. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Feb 1.  RCT
Food Labelling Healthy vending machines on campus: the effect of traffic light labelling on food and beverage choices. Calabro R et al. Public Health Nutr. 2025 Mar 17;28(1):e68.  Quasi-Experimental Study
Product reformulation in non-alcoholic beverages and foods after the implementation of front-of-pack warning labels in Mexico.  Salgado JC et al. PLoS Med. 2025 Mar 18.  Cross-Sectional
Food sweeteners: Angels or clowns for human health?  Hong QY et al. Curr Res Food Sci. 2025 Mar 12;10:101032.  Narrative Review
Knowledge & Perceptions Children's perspectives on sugary snacks through elicitation techniques - repertory grid and generative method. Liang L, Yu Y. Front Psychol. 2025 Mar 18;16:1342127.  Cross-Sectional
Assessing food vendor receptiveness to healthier options: a study of knowledge, attitudes, practices, and perceived barriers regarding salt, sugar, and oil reduction in cafeteria food vendors. Chia WX et al. BMC Nutr. 2025 Mar 14;11(1):54.  Cross-Sectional
Healthy nutrition in primary care: instrument on the knowledge, perception, and sugary product consumption in the adult population. Mohatar-Barba M et al. Nutr Hosp. 2025 Mar 4.  Cross-Sectional
'Soft drinks are normal': understanding the lived experiences of Dutch teenagers with respect to sugar-sweetened beverages: a qualitative context-mapping study. Pepping R et al. BMC Public Health. 2025 Mar 8.  Cross-Sectional

February 2025

Below is a full list of sugars-related scientific publications published in February 2025, grouped by topic areas and ordered from higher to lower quality evidence. 

Topic Title Citations Study Type
Dietary Intakes - Sugars Effectiveness of school-based approaches for reduction of sugar and sugar-sweetened beverages in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.   Malhotra S et al. Evid Based Dent. 2025 Feb 5.  SRMA
The Association of Nativity and Time in the United States on Added Sugar Consumption.   Godala K, Su Y, Kim H. Curr Dev Nutr. 2025 Feb 7;9(3):104563. Cross-Sectional
US infant formulas contain primarily added sugars: An analysis of infant formulas on the US market  Audrey R et al. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. May 2025.  Cross-Sectional
Dietary Intakes - Beverages Impact of a digital physical activity intervention on reducing sugar-sweetened beverage intake in young childhood cancer survivors.   Ha L et al. Br J Cancer. 2025 Feb 28.  RCT
Factors Associated with High Sugary Beverage Intake Among Children in Louisiana: A Survey of Caregivers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.   Fuster M et al. Nutrients. 2025 Feb 26;17(5):799.  Cross-Sectional
Characterizing co-purchased food products with soda, fresh fruits, and fresh vegetables using loyalty card purchasing data in Montréal, Canada, 2015-2017.   Mamiya H et al. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Feb 17;22(1):19.  Cross-Sectional
Sugars Reformulation Disconnection between sugars reduction and calorie reduction in baked goods and breakfast cereals with sugars-related nutrient content claims in the Canadian marketplace.  Wang YF et al. Front Nutr. 2025 Feb 24;12:1539695.  Cross-Sectional
[Advances in genetic engineering and molecular modification of sweet-tasting proteins].  Lu S et al. Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 2025 Feb 25.  Narrative Review
Obesity Effects of Oral Xylitol, Sucrose, and Acesulfame Potassium on Total Energy Intake During a Subsequent ad libitum Test Meal: A Randomized, Controlled, Crossover Trial in Healthy Humans.   Flad E et al. Nutrients. 2025 Jan 29;17(3):484.  RCT
A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Role of Obesity and Genetic Variants in Serum C-Reactive Protein Response to an Acute Fructose Load.  Vennam SS et al. Lifestyle Genom. 2025 Feb 27:1-27.  RCT
Substituting Carbohydrate at Lunch for Added Protein Increases Fat Oxidation During Subsequent Exercise in Healthy Males.        Slater T et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Feb 18. RCT  
    Characterizing co-purchased food products with soda, fresh fruits, and fresh vegetables using loyalty card purchasing data in Montréal, Canada, 2015-2017.   Mamiya H et al. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Feb 17;22(1):19. Cross-Sectional
The associations between evening eating and quality of energy and macronutrients and obesity: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2003-2016.  Hou W et al. Nutr J. 2025 Feb 28;24(1):33.  Cross-Sectional
Consumer Perceptions of Artificial Sweeteners in Food Products, Consumption Frequency, and Body Mass Index: A Multivariate Analysis.  Jurcevic Zidar B et al. Nutrients. 2025 Feb 27;17(5):814.  Cross-Sectional
Global variation in obesity of males and females is differentially associated with dietary macronutrient supply NIU, Chaoqun; SPEAKMAN, John Roger. Medical Research Archive.  Ecological Study
Diabetes Association of the glucose patterns after a single nonstandardized meal with the habitual diet composition and features of the daily glucose profile in individuals without diabetes.   Giosuè A et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Feb;121(2):246-255.  RCT       
The Impact of Artificially Sweetened Drinks on Metformin Efficacy.   Ismail E et al. Nutrients. 2025 Feb 26;17(5):797.  RCT
Continuous glucose monitor overestimates glycemia, with the magnitude of bias varying by postprandial test and individual - a randomized crossover trial.   Hutchins KM et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Feb 26.  RCT
Associations Between Beverage Consumption and Risk of Microvascular Complications Among Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes.   Lin X et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Feb 18;110(3):e802-e813.  Prospective Cohort
short-term, high-caloric diet has prolonged effects on brain insulin action in men.   Kullmann S et al. Nat Metab. 2025 Feb 21.  Commentary
Cardiovsacular Disease ILSI Europe Systematic Review: The Impact of Digestible and Nondigestible Carbohydrate Consumption for Toddlers (1-4 Years) in Relation to Health Outcomes.  Zalewski BM et al. Nutr Rev. 2025 Feb 5:nuae212.  Systematic Review
Sugar-sweetened beverages, low/no-calorie beverages, fruit juices intake and risks of metabolic syndrome in adults: The SWEET project.   Naomi ND et al. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2025 Feb;35(2):103744.  Prospective Cohort
Association between healthy beverage index and healthy beverage score with metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study.   Leilami K et al. J Nutr Sci. 2025 Feb 24;14:e19.  Cross-Sectional
Association between Healthy Eating Index 2015 and metabolic syndrome among US cancer survivors: evidence from NHANES 2005-2016.   Yao J et al. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2025 Feb 5:1-11.  Cross-Sectional
Burden of cardiometabolic disease attributable to sugar sweetened beverages consumption in North Africa and the Middle East from 1990 to 2021.   Bastan MM et al. J Diabetes Metab Disord. 2025 Feb 12;24(1):66.  Modelling Study
Editorial: Unveiling the role of carbohydrates in cardiometabolic health.   Collotta D, Ferreira Alves G. Front Nutr. 2025 Feb 20;12:1568319. Editorial
Cancer Evaluating recommendation-based dietary and physical activity strategies for prostate cancer prevention: a target trial emulation in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.   Guo F et al. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 5;194(2):449-459.  Prospective Cohort
Exploring the link between dietary patterns and gastric adenocarcinoma in Brazil: a mediation analysis.   Silva ARC et al. BMC Med. 2024 Nov 28;22(1):562.  Case-Control
The role of dietary sugars in cancer risk: A comprehensive review of current evidence.   Hasan N et al. Cancer Treat Res Commun. 2025 Feb 3;43:100876.  Narrative Review
Dental Health Can we rely on delaying the uptake of sugar consumption in the prevention of early childhood caries?  O'Brien O, Taylor GD. Evid Based Dent. 2025 Feb 26.  RCT
Reduction of Sugar Consumption.  FDI World Dental Federation. Int Dent J. 2025 Feb;75(1):15-16.   Policy Document
Liver Health Fructose Intake and Unhealthy Eating Habits Are Associated with MASLD in Pediatric Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.  Faienza MF et al. Nutrients. 2025 Feb 10;17(4):631.  Cross-Sectional
Other Health Conditions Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses on Consumption of Different Food Groups and Risk of All-cause Mortality.  Onni AT et al. Adv Nutr. 2025 Feb 15;16(4):100393.  SRMA
Multi-dimensional evidence from the UK Biobank shows the impact of diet and macronutrient intake on aging.  Zhu C et al. Commun Med (Lond). 2025 Feb 4;5(1):36.  Prospective Cohort
Fructose-induced hyperuricaemia - protection factor or oxidative stress promoter?   Tero-Vescan A et al. Nat Prod Res. 2025 Feb;39(4):948-960. Narrative Review
Appetite, Taste, and Eating Behaviour Sweet-liking and sugar supplementation as innovative components in substance use disorder treatment: A systematic review.   van Amsterdam J et al. J Psychopharmacol. 2025 Feb 13.  SRMA
Gastrointestinal hormones and subjective ratings of appetite after low-carbohydrate vs low-fat low-energy diets in females with lipedema - A randomized controlled trial.   Lundanes J et al. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2025 Feb;65:16-24.  RCT
Tuning the value of sweet food: Blocking sweet taste receptors increases the devaluation effect in a go/no-go task.   Cunillera T et al. Psychon Bull Rev. 2025 Feb 25.  RCT
Selective increases in taste sensitivity to glucose as a function of hunger status.   Martin LE, Lim J. Appetite. 2025 Mar 1;207:107901.  RCT
Ibuprofen inhibits human sweet taste and glucose detection implicating an additional mechanism of metabolic disease risk reduction.   Hanselman EC et al. Br J Pharmacol. 2025 Feb 25.  RCT
Mental Health A Pilot Study on the Effect of Added Sugar on Response Inhibition: Event-Related Potentials in a Go/NoGo Task.  Jocbalyte K, Stanikunas R. Medicina (Kaunas). 2025 Feb 12;61(2):323.  RCT
Risk factors for depression symptoms in adolescents: A population-based study.  Candrarukmi D et al. Saudi Med J. 2025 Feb;46(2):190-198.  Cross-Sectional
Depression and Diet Quality, US Adolescents and Young Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015-March 2020.  Ogden CL et al. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2025 Feb;125(2):247-255.  Cross-Sectional
Major depressive episodes and diet quality among Brazilian individuals: results from the 2013 and 2019 National Health Survey.  Santos LP et al. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 13.  Cross-Sectional
Physical Activity Repetitive Feeding-Challenge With Different Nutritional Densities on Markers of Gastrointestinal Function, Substrate Oxidation, and Endurance Exercise Performance.   Martinez IG et al. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2025 Feb 6:1-19.  RCT
Carbohydrate supplementation maintains physical performance during short-term energy deficit despite reductions in exogenous glucose oxidation.   Margolis LM et al. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Feb 1.  RCT
Food Labelling Efficacy of Brazilian and Mexican front-of-package nutrition labeling systems on simulated online purchase of non-alcoholic beverages by adolescents: A randomized controlled study.   Soares APDC et al. Food Res Int. 2025 Feb;202:115539.  RCT
Effect of nutrition warning, brand, and claims on the perception of product healthiness by Brazilian consumers.   França CG et al. Food Res Int. 2025 Feb.  RCT
Physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) food labelling on discretionary foods in secondary school canteens in England: an efficacy cluster randomised controlled trial.   Iris N et al. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Feb 26.  RCT
Estimating the dietary and health impact of implementing mandatory front-of-package nutrient disclosures in the US: A policy scenario modeling analysis.   Flexner N et al. PLoS One. 2025 Feb 24.  Modelling Study
Identification and understanding of precautionary legends in the Mexican warning labeling for sweetened beverages.   Munguía A et al. Salud Publica Mex. 2025 Feb 20.  Cross-Sectional

January 2025

Below is a full list of sugars-related scientific publications published in January 2025, grouped by topic areas and ordered from higher to lower quality evidence. 

Topic Title Citations Study Type
Dietary Intakes - Sugars Effect of a Nutritional Education Intervention on the Reduction of Added Sugar Consumption in Schoolchildren in Southeastern Mexico: Community Study.  Morales-Ruán C et al. Foods. 2025 Jan 8;14(2):179.  RCT
Dietary Intakes - Beverages Efficacy of a 24-month behavioral intervention focused on sugary beverage reduction for Latino mother-infant dyads: evidence from a randomized controlled trial Machle CJ et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Feb;121(2):355-366.  RCT
Child Beverage Consumption in US Early Care and Education Settings, 2008-2020.  Zaltz DA et al. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2025 Jan 31:S1499-4046(25)00008-9.  Cross-Sectional
Beverages and sugar-sweetened beverages consumption pattern and amount among adolescents using beverage frequency questionnaire: cross-sectional study.  Aldhirgham TM et al. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jan 6;25(1):50.  Cross-Sectional
Socioecological factors influencing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among adolescents in South Korea: a cross-sectional study.  Ra JS and Kim SH. Child Health Nurs Res. 2025 Jan;31(1):28-39.  Cross-Sectional
Water insecurity is associated with sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in a small-scale population in Lowland Bolivia experiencing lifestyle changes.  Deshpande SM et al. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2025 Jan 17:S2212-2672(25)00019-X.  Cross-Sectional
Opportunities in Programs and Policies to Address the Underlying Drivers of Sugary Drink and Water Consumption in the Washington, DC, Metro Area: A Qualitative Community-Based System Dynamics Approach.  Estradé M et al. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2025 Jan 7:S2212-2672(25)00001-2.  Cross-Sectional
Dietary Intakes - Foods Nutrient intakes of Canadian children and adolescents at school by meal occasion and location of food preparation.  Ziraldo E et al. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2025 Jan 1;50:1-12.  Cross-Sectional
Does the habitual dietary intake of adults in Bavaria, Germany, match dietary intake recommendations? Results of the 3rd Bavarian Food Consumption Survey.  Rohm F et al. Front Nutr. 2025 Jan 8;11:1537637.  Cross-Sectional
Predictive equation helps estimate misreporting of energy intakes in dietary surveys.  Stubbs RJ and Hopkins M. Nat Food. 2025 Jan;6(1):8-9.  Cross-Sectional
Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake.  Bajunaid R et al. Nat Food. 2025 Jan;6(1):58-71.  Cross-Sectional
Prevalence of processed foods in major US grocery stores.  Ravandi B et al. Nat Food. 2025 Jan 13.  Cross-Sectional
Supermarkets, do they make the healthy choice the easy choice? A review of the healthfulness of the supermarket food environment.  Mahony SO et al. Proc Nutr Soc. 2025 Jan 24:1-31.  Narrative Review
Diet Quality Nutrient Profiling Models in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Considering Local Nutritional Challenges: A Systematic Review.  Tassy M et al. Curr Dev Nutr. 2024 Dec 16;9(1):104530.  Systematic Review
Evaluating alignment of UK commercial baby food products with the WHO nutrient and promotion profile model.  Bozkir C et al. Eur J Pediatr. 2025 Jan 11;184(2):128. Cross-Sectional
Diet quality of Chilean schoolchildren: How is it linked to adherence to dietary guidelines?  Pinheiro Fernandes AC et al. PLoS One. 2025 Feb 6;20(2):e0318206.  Cross-Sectional
Obesity Effects of ketogenic and low-carbohydrate diets on the body composition of adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.   Nutr. 2025 Jan 18;46:10-18.  SRMA
Association and substitution analyses of dietary sugars, starch and fiber for indices of body fat and cardiometabolic risk- a NoHoW sub-study.   Della Corte KA et al. Eur J Nutr. 2025 Jan 24;64(2):68. Cross-Sectional
Interaction effect of mobile gaming addiction and excessive sugar-sweetened beverage consumption on overweight and obesity among schoolchildren: Evidence from a large population-based study in Guangzhou, China.  Jin Z et al. J Behav Addict. 2025 Jan 24.  Cross-Sectional
Increased BMI is associated with an altered decision-making process during healthy food choices in males and females. G L et al. Appetite. 2025 Jan 11;207:107859.  Cross-Sectional
Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Obesity: A Narrative Review of Their Association and Potential Mechanisms.   Shim JS. J Obes Metab Syndr. 2025 Jan 30;34(1):27-40.  Narrative Review
Ultra-Processed Foods and Childhood Obesity: Current evidence and perspectives.   Vallianou NG et al. Curr Nutr Rep. 2025 Jan 3;14(1):5.  Narrative Review
Efforts to reduce sugar-sweetened beverages and combat childhood obesity.   Wahi G and de Souza RJ. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Feb;121(2):191-192.  Editorial
Do not overlook the role of fructose in obesity.   Nakagawa T and Johnson RJ. Nat Metab. 2025 Jan;7(1):3.  Letter to the Editor
Diabetes Types of dietary sugars and carbohydrates, cardiometabolic risk factors, and risk of diabetes: a cohort study from the general Danish population.  Trius-Soler M et al. Nutr J. 2025 Jan 16;24(1):8.  Prospective Cohort Study        
Sugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened beverage consumption, physical activity and risk of type 2 diabetes in US adults.  Pacheco LS et al. Diabetologia. 2025 Jan 8.  Prospective Cohort
Sugar-sweetened beverage intake, gut microbiota, circulating metabolites, and diabetes risk in Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.  Zhang Y et al. Cell Metab. 2025 Jan 17:S1550-4131(24)00486-8.  Prospective Cohort
Coffee Consumption, Additive Use, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes-Results from 3 Large Prospective United States Cohort Studies.  Henn M et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Jan 18:S0002-9165(25)00017-6.  Prospective Cohort
Development of a comprehensive food glycomic database and its application: Associations between dietary carbohydrates and insulin resistance.  Suarez C et al. Food Chem. 2025 Jan 20;473:142977. Cross-Sectional
Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries.  Lara-Castor L et al. Nat Med. 2025 Jan 6. Cross-Sectional
Artificial sweeteners and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A review of current developments and future research directions.  Okoro FO and Markus V. J Diabetes Complications. 2025 Feb;39(2):108954.  Narrative Review
Sweetened Beverages Linked to Millions of Global Diabetes and Heart Disease Cases.  Anderer S. JAMA. 2025 Jan 31.  Editorial
Personalized nutrition by prediction of glycemic responses: garbage in → garbage out.  Wolever TM. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Jan;121(1):1-2.  Editorial
Diabetes Author Correction: Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries.  Lara-Castor L et al. Nat Med. 2025 Jan 28.  Published Erratum
Cardiovsacular Disease Does maternal consumption of nutritive and non-nutritive sweeteners result in offspring hypertension?   Tain YL and Hsu CN. Front Nutr. 2025 Jan 22;12:1464269.  Narrative Review
Cancer Association between dietary fructose and human colon DNA methylation: implication for racial disparities in colorectal cancer risk using a cross-sectional study.  Devall MA et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Jan 7:S0002-9165(25)00005-X.  Cross-Sectional
Sweet or sour? A review of the Aspartame market landscape, carcinogenicity, and its socioeconomic impact.  Sharma H et al. J Food Sci Technol. 2025 Jan;62(1):24-37 Narrative Review
An integrative analysis reveals cancer risk associated with artificial sweeteners.  Xie J et al. J Transl Med. 2025 Jan 8;23(1):32.  Computational Modelling Study
Dental Health Effects of D-Tagatose on Cariogenic Risk: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.   Davila L et al. Nutrients. 2025 Jan 15;17(2):293.  Systematic Review
Oral health behaviors and tooth decay at the age of 12 and 15-18 years in Poland.  Tomczyk J et al. Dent Med Probl. 2025 Jan 30.  Cross-Sectional
Beyond sugar-sweetened beverages: Tackling oral health risks of ultraprocessed foods.  Benzian H et al. J Am Dent Assoc. 2025 Jan 13:S0002-8177(24)00698-6.  Narrative Review
The long-term consequences of sugar consumption.  Hellyer P. Br Dent J. 2025 Jan;238(1):36.  Commentary
Sleep Effect of Screen Time and Sugar Consumption Reduction on Sleep Bruxism in Children: A Randomised Clinical Trial.  Restrepo-Serna C et al. J Oral Rehabil. 2025 Jan 9.  RCT
Processed Food Consumption and Sleep Quality in School-Aged Children: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Study.  Sousa Gomes M et al. Nutrients. 2025 Jan 10;17(2):233.  Cross-Sectional
Liver Health Association of Sugar-Sweetened, Artificially Sweetened, and Unsweetened Coffee Consumption with Chronic Liver Disease and Liver-Related Events: A Large Prospective Cohort Study.  Li Y, Zhang P et al. J Nutr. 2025 Jan 10:S0022-3166(25)00015-X.  Prospective Cohort
Macronutrient Modulation in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease-the Molecular Role of Fatty Acids compared with Sugars in Human Metabolism and Disease Progression.  Mullin SM et al. Adv Nutr. 2025 Jan 20;16(3):100375.  Narrative Review
Other Health Conditions The Longitudinal Effect of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Korean Adults: Results From the Health Examinees Study.  Jung H et al. J Am Nutr Assoc. 2025 Jan 21:1-10.  Prospective Cohort 
Association Between Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Frailty Among Older Adults With Hypertension: Evidence From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2020.  Cao S et al. Food Sci Nutr. 2024 Dec 30;13(1):e4679.  Cross-Sectional
The associations between the energy and timing of sugar-sweetened beverage intake and phenotypic age acceleration in U.S. adults: a cross-sectional survey of NHANES 2007-2010.  Xia T, Yuan Q, Zhang Y, Shan G. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jan 8;25(1):88.  Cross-Sectional
Investigation of the effect of ultraprocessed food consumption on asthma using pulmonary function tests.  Özçalkap İçöz R et al. Nutr Health. 2025 Jan 24:2601060241309708. Cross-Sectional
Beverage Consumption and Facial Skin Aging: Evidence From Mendelian Randomization Analysis: Comment From Liu et al.  Li H et al. J Cosmet Dermatol. 2025 Jan;24(1):e16597.  Genetic Mendelian Study
Appetite, Taste, and Eating Behaviour Effects of stevia consumption on appetite in adults: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.  Zare M et al. Obes Rev. 2025 Jan 30:e13902.  SRMA
The effect of a 14-day Gymnema sylvestre intervention to reduce sugar intake in people self-identifying with a sweet tooth.  Wh H et al. Appetite. 2025 Jan 23;207:107871.  RCT
A missing link: The interdependence between sugar-sweetened beverage and cigarette consumption from China.  Liu L and Chen K. PLoS One. 2025 Jan 24;20(1):e0316891. Cross-Sectional
Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Soft Drink Addiction Scale.  Kahriman M et al. Nutrients. 2025 Jan 6;17(1):196.  Cross-Sectional
TAS1R2 rs35874116 Associations with Taste, Diet, and Health in an Italian Population.  Stevens H et al. Nutrients. 2025 Jan 17;17(2):329.  Cross-Sectional
Mental Health Sugar-sweetened beverages, relative grip strength, and psychological symptoms among rural adolescents in western China: a cross-sectional study.   Zhang Y et al. Front Nutr. 2025 Jan 15;12:1511256.  Cross-Sectional
Association between body esteem and sugar-sweetened beverage intake among Chinese undergraduate students: a cross-sectional study.  Zhu J et al. Front Nutr. 2025 Jan 14;11:1465518.  Cross-Sectional
Food Science & Reformulation Using the Nutri-Score to visualise food reformulation in Germany: the case of breakfast cereals.  Gréa C et al. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jan 4;25(1):36. Cross-Sectional
Towards healthier low-sugar and low-fat beverages: Design, production, and characterization.   Yang C et al. Food Res Int. 2025 Jan;200:115457. Narrative Review
Food Labelling Assessing consumers’ valuation for Front-of-Package ‘Health’ labeling under FDA guidelines Jianhui Liu et al. Food Policy, Volume 131, 2025, 102804.  RCT
Caloric labels do not influence taste pleasantness and neural responses to erythritol and sucrose.  Budzinska A et al. Neuroimage. 2025 Jan 28;308:121061.  RCT
Changes in the critical nutrient content of packaged foods and beverages after the full implementation of the Chilean Food Labelling and Advertising Law: a repeated cross-sectional study.  Rebolledo N et al. BMC Med. 2025 Jan 27;23(1):46.  Cross-Sectional
Prevalence of High Fat Sugar Salt Products, Labeling Characteristics, and Categories of Foods Sold within In-Store Restricted Areas: A Survey in 3 UK Supermarkets after the 2022 Implementation of the Food (Promotion and Placement) Regulations.  Hurst E, Moore SG, Wallis LW. Curr Dev Nutr. 2024 Nov 20;9(1):104509.  Cross-Sectional
Declaration of Sweeteners on Food Labels: A Scoping Review of Methodological Issues and Prevalence.  Milano E et al. Nutr Rev. 2025 Jan 21:nuae175.  Scoping Review
Knowledge & Perceptions Educational Intervention Boosts Dietitians' Knowledge of the Safety and Approval of Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners.  Nolden AA and Makame J. Nutrients. 2024 Dec 26;17(1):32.  Quasi-Experimental
Perceived healthiness of sugary drinks and related social norms among adults in five countries: evidence from the International Food Policy Study.  Drolet-Labelle V et al. Nutr J. 2025 Jan 29;24(1):19.  Cross-Sectional