TY - JOUR T1 - NUtritively sweetened beverages and obesity AU - Malik VS, Willett WC, Hu FB Y1 - 2009/06/03 N1 - 10.1001/jama.2009.743 JO - JAMA SP - 2209 EP - 2211 VL - 301 IS - 21 N2 - The authors characterized prospective epidemiologic studies as inconsistent by comparing an 8-year study of 51 603 women showing a robust positive relation between NSB consumption and weight gain (reference 1 in the Commentary) to a 6- to 12-month study of 1345 children aged 2 to 5 years with very low NSB consumption showing no significant association (reference 4). A systematic review concluded that there is a positive association between consumption of NSBs and weight gain.2 Adjustment for total energy intake accounted for the weight gain. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.743 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.743 ER -