Category: Issue 471
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Artificially Sweetened Beverages Allegedly Linked to Type 2 Diabetes
A recent study claims that both sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) and artificially sweetened beverage (ASB) consumption was associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk in 66,118 women enrolled in a European prospective study. Guy Fagherazzi, et al., “Consumption of artificially and sugar-sweetened beverage and incident type 2 diabetes in the Etude Epidemiologique aupres des femmes de…
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Researchers Examine Effect of Advergames on Children’s Food Intake
Researchers with the University of Amsterdam’s School of Communication Research and Radboud University’s Behavioral Science Institute have published a study examining the effect of advergames on children’s actual food intake. Frans Folkvord, et al., “The effect of playing advergames that promote energy-dense snacks or fruit on actual food intake among children,” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,…
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Outdoor Food Advertising Allegedly Linked to Obesity Risk
A recent study has reportedly identified “a relationship between the percentage of outdoor food advertising and overweight/obesity.” Lenard Lesser, “Outdoor advertising, obesity, and soda consumption: a cross-sectional study,” BMC Public Health, January 2013. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the study relied on telephone survey data on adults aged 18 to 98 years “collected from…
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Researchers Identify Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Pig Manure
A new study has reportedly confirmed the presence of antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs) in manure samples harvested from swine farms in China, raising concerns about the widespread use of therapeutic antimicrobials in livestock and livestock feed. Yong-Guan Zhu, et al., “Diverse and abundant antibiotic resistant genes in Chinese swine farms,” PNAS, February 2013. Researchers apparently used…
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CAMY Identifies Alcohol Brands Associated with Underage Drinking
The Boston University School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) have published a study identifying alcohol brands allegedly consumed by underage youth. Michael Siegel, et al., “Brand-Specific Consumption of Alcohol Among Underage Youth in the United States,” Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, February…
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CSPI Urges FDA to Set Limit for “Added Sugars” in Beverages
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has submitted a petition to the Food and Drug Administration, asking the agency to set limits on the amount of sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) allowed in beverages. CSPI also implores FDA to make the Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) status of HFCS and sucrose…
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Danone to Cease Labeling New Brand as “Greek Yogurt”
According to a press report, the U.K. High Court has ordered Danone to remove any reference to “Greek yogurt” on the packaging for its newly launched product Danio®. The matter is currently before the court in litigation involving Greece-based yogurt maker Fage, which sued U.S.-based Chobani Inc. in November 2012 after that company launched its…