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Sugar-sweetened beverages and genetic risk of obesity.
The New England journal of medicine - 11 Oct 2012
Qi Qibin, Chu Audrey Y, Kang Jae H, Jensen Majken K, Curhan Gary C, Pasquale Louis R, Ridker Paul M, Hunter David J, Willett Walter C, Rimm Eric B, Chasman Daniel I, Hu Frank B, Qi Lu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Temporal increases in the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages have paralleled the rise in obesity prevalence, but whether the intake of such beverages interacts with the genetic predisposition to adiposity is unknown. METHODS: We analyzed the interaction between genetic predisposition and the intake of sugar-sweetened beverages in relation to body-mass index (BMI; the weight in kilograms divided...
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