Below are citations (with active links) to new research that relates to children and beverages.
Open-source articles:
Johnson, A. J., Stevenson, J., Pettit, J., Jasthi, B., Byhre, T., & Harnack, L. (2025). Assessing the Nutrient Content of Plant-Based Milk Alternative Products Available in the United States. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 125(4), 515–527.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2024.06.003
Johnston, A., Voulo, M., D’Souza, G. C., Lawler, O., Flanagan, M., Kris-Etherton, P. M., Grine, K., & Masterson, T. D. (2025). Nutrition Education in Primary Care: Comparing Video vs Handout Interventions. Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 57(2), 141–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2024.09.008
Lara-Castor, L., O’Hearn, M., Cudhea, F., Miller, V., Shi, P., Zhang, J., Sharib, J. R., Cash, S. B., Barquera, S., Micha, R., Mozaffarian, D., & Global Dietary Database (2025). Burdens of Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Attributable to Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in 184 Countries. Nature medicine, 31(2), 552–564. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03345-4
Other articles (a fee may be required to access these articles):
Queiroz, I., Defante, M. L. R., Tavares, A., Antunes, V., de Mesquita, C. F., Barbosa, L. M., Mendes, B. X., & Koh, A. S. (2025). High Consumption of Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Associated Risk of Cardiovascular Events: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Current problems in cardiology, 50(1), 102837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2024.102837
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