Sugar-sweetened beverage intake and relative weight gain among South African adults living in resource-poor communities: longitudinal data from the STOP-SA study.

Kufre Joseph OkopE V LambertO AlabaN S LevittA LukeLara R DugasDover RvhJ KroffL K MicklesfieldT L Kolbe-AlexanderSmit WarrenH DugmoreK BobrowF A Odunitan-WayasT Puoane

Published in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2018)

These results show that higher intake of SSB predicts weight gain in a sample of South Africans drawn from low-income settings. Comprehensive, population-wide interventions are needed to reduce SSB consumption in these settings.

Keyphrases

weight gain
body mass index
birth weight
weight loss
physical activity
electronic health record
cross sectional
big data
data analysis