Essays about: "Sugar-Sweetened beverages SSB"

Found 3 essays containing the words Sugar-Sweetened beverages SSB.

1. 1. Impact of Competitive Foods in Public Schools on Child Nutrition: Effects on Adolescent Obesity in The United States An Integrative Systematic Literature Review

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

   Author : Kirsten Sildén; [2017]
   Keywords : school OR schools united states OR U.S. OR US OR united states of America food OR food preferences OR food habits OR health behavior OR feeding behavior OR child nutrition weight gain OR overweight OR BMI OR Body Mass Index OR Body Composition OR Obesity OR Adolescent Obesity OR Pediatric Obesity OR body weight nutrition policy OR health promotion OR health policy OR school health policy food services OR competitive food OR competitive foods OR commercial food OR beverages OR carbonated beverages OR sugar-sweetened beverages OR vending machines OR food dispensers OR food dispensers; automatic OR foods of minimal nutritional value OR FMNV ; Medicine and Health Sciences;

   Abstract : Abstract Objective: To identify and analyse literature on the effects of competitive foods in public schools on adolescent weight (BMI), and possible impacts they may have on adolescent obesity in the United States. Methods: An integrative systematic review of literature was conducted. READ MORE

3. 2. Should Sweden impose excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in order to improve public health?

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

   Author : Johan Edfeldt; Linn Petersson Edfeldt; [2017]
   Keywords : Excise tax; Sugar-Sweetened beverages SSB ; Sugar tax; Quantity tax; Value tax ad valorem tax ; Cost-benefit analysis; Scenario analysis; Welfare diseases; Body Mass Index BMI ;

   Abstract : In recent time, several reports have been published about a more and more unhealthy population world wide, with increasing Body Mass Index (BMI) in welfare countries, such as Sweden. Diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, which is strongly connected to a high BMI, have increased and together with them also the medical expenses for society/state. READ MORE

4. 3. Sugar sweetened beverages – psychosocial, behavioral, and dietary determinants, and association to obesity: A cross-sectional study among university students in San Luis Potosí and Yucatán, Mexico

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

   Author : Sunghee Cho; [2015]
   Keywords : obesity; Mexico; university students; SSB; determinants; agau frescas; BMI; central obesity;

   Abstract : Background: Obesity is a rapidly growing public health problem with negative health consequences in Mexico, resulted from the nutrition transition. In Mexico calories from sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) accounts for 19% of total energy intake. Although young adults are major SSB consumers, is an understudied population. READ MORE