Diet & Nutrition
Less sugary drinks during childhood may cut disease risk
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, January 8th, 2007
"Research on obesity and associated problems such as hypertension and type-2 diabetes has largely dealt with adults," said Alison Ventura, doctoral candidate at Penn State's Center for Childhood Obesity Research. "But with increasing rates of obesity in children, we are seeing these problems at much younger ages."
Ventura and her colleagues Eric Loken, assistant professor of...
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