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15 March 202015 March 2020

Specific dietary factors and dietary patterns alter the gut microbiota profile, which is an essential factor in the development and progression of obesity

In December 2019 researchers from South Korea published their review on the effect of diet on the gut microbiota and how it is associated with obesity. Obesity is described as … Read more

15 July 201925 January 2020

Call for action on the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages: Position Paper on behalf of the European Academy of Paediatrics and the European Childhood Obesity Group

In April 2019 researchers from Poland, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Germany, France, Israel and Cyprus published a Position Paper on behalf of the European Academy of Paediatrics and the European Childhood … Read more

27 June 201925 January 2020

Governments should adopt policies to limit the intake of free sugars of up to 5% energy intake for children and adolescents aged between 2-18 years and even lower for infants and toddlers under 2 years

In December 2017 researchers from Slovenia, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Spain, Sweden, UK, Croatia, The Netherlands, Italy, France, USA, Germany, and Denmark on behalf of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, … Read more

26 June 201919 November 2019

A reduced intake of added sugars (sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup) is recommended although current evidence suggests that sugary soft drinks may produce greater health risks

In May 2019 researchers from New Zealand and the USA published their review to assess whether sugary drinks produce different risks for the metabolic syndrome compared with foods that contain … Read more

26 June 201921 February 2020

Sugar-sweetened beverages and fruit juice appear to increase the risk of gout but fruit consumption does not appear to increase the risk

In May 2019 researchers from Canada published the results of their review of the medical scientific literature to assess the association between important food sources of fructose-containing sugars with gout … Read more

21 February 201921 February 2020

The body responds to fructose intake regardless of source and increases plasma uric acid concentrations

In February 2018 researchers from New Zealand published the results of their study to assess whether fructose present in fruit is of sufficient quantity or in a form that is … Read more