Soda and Cell Aging: Associations Between Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Leukocyte Telomere Length in Healthy Adults From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
Author(s) -
Cindy W. Leung,
Barbara Laraia,
Belinda L. Needham,
David H. Rehkopf,
Nancy E. Adler,
Jue Lin,
Elizabeth H. Blackburn,
Elissa S. Epel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302151
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , telomere , medicine , diabetes mellitus , confidence interval , sugar , environmental health , dietary sucrose , disease , cellular aging , gerontology , cross sectional study , body mass index , population , obesity , biology , endocrinology , food science , pathology , genetics , dna
We tested whether leukocyte telomere length maintenance, which underlies healthy cellular aging, provides a link between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and the risk of cardiometabolic disease.
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