Funder: Joint Programming Initiative A healthy diet for a healthy life / Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) is seen as a win-win situation for governments. It is argued that SSB taxes are relatively easy to implement from a practical perspective compared to for example other nutrition policies. However, the implementation of SSB taxation laws d...
Published in Endocrinologia, diabetes y nutricion
The consumption of artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs) has been linked to metabolic alterations. The effect of reducing the regular consumption of these beverages on the metabolism is currently unknown. To evaluate the effect of reducing consumption of ASBs on the metabolism in overweight young adults. A randomised, single-blind, controlled, 12...
Published in Food chemistry
A new, fast, simple, and effective ultrasound-assisted dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction procedure (UA-DLLME) for the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) determination of malondialdehyde, acrolein, and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal in beverages was successfully developed. 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine derivatization was performed during extracti...
Published in Trials
BackgroundCommon cold symptoms may be mitigated by products in caplet, nasal spray, and oral solution formulations, although variations exist in the bioavailability of the active ingredients contained within these products. Rapid gastric emptying (GE) of these active ingredients is important for reducing the delay between drug absorption and onset ...
Funder: Cancer Research UK / BACKGROUND: Restricting the advertisement of products with high fat, salt, and sugar (HFSS) content has been recommended as a policy tool to improve diet and tackle obesity, but the impact on HFSS purchasing is unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of HFSS advertising restrictions, implemented across the Lond...
Published in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Improving beverage patterns of children and adolescents is recommended for combatting obesity and reducing disease risk. Therefore, it is important to assess beverage intake quality in this population. For adults, the Healthy Beverage Index (HBI) was created to assess beverage intake quality, but a similar tool did not exist for children and adoles...
Objective: To assess the effects of coloring beverages on the color stability of two types of hybrid ceramics with different surface treatments. Material and Methods: 180 specimens of two hybrid ceramics (Vita Enamic and Mazic Duro) and a feldspathic ceramic (Vita Mark II) were prepared (n=60 in each group). Half of the discs in each group were gla...
Published in Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
In this work, nitrogen doped carbon dots (NCDs) were synthesized through one step hydrothermal reaction using citric acid and ethylenediamine as precursors. The prepared NCDs exhibit high quantum yield of 67.4%, good stability, excellent selectivity and sensitivity. It was found that the NCDs have potential as a fluorescence sensor for the detectio...
Published in Osong public health and research perspectives
The purposes of this study were to (1) examine the multi-year prevalence of highly caffeinated beverage (HCB) consumption, (2) identify sex differences in the prevalence, and (3) investigate relationships between HCB consumption and behavioral characteristics in a nationally representative sample of Korean adolescents. Data from the Korea Youth Ris...
Published in Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of acidic beverages on color stability and microhardness of various esthetic restorative materials. Materials and Methods: A total of 60 samples were included in the present study. Group I: Microhybrid composite resin, Group II: Nanoceramic, Group III: ORMOCER (Organically Modified Ceramics). 10 m...
