| Topic |
Title |
Citation |
Study Type |
| Dietary Intakes - Beverages |
Evolving Sweet Preferences: Temporal Trends in Australian Non-Alcoholic Beverage Sales from 1997 to 2024. |
Starck CS et al. Nutrients. 2026 Jan 22;18(2):361. |
Cross-Sectional |
| Purchasing sugar-sweetened beverages in Island Lake Anisininew First Nations. |
Riediger ND et al. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2026 Dec 31;85(1):2614128. |
Qualitative Study |
| Fruit juices - more like fruit or sugar-sweetened beverages? Report of a symposium sponsored by the Fruit Juice Science Centre at IUNS-ICN Paris. |
Hutchins KM., & Ruxton CHS. J Nutr Sci. 2026 Jan 6;15:e6. |
Narrative Review |
| Dietary Intakes - Foods, Dietary Patterns |
Influence of Carbohydrate Intake During Pregnancy in the Offspring's Dietary Pattern and Food Preferences: A Systematic Review. |
de Souza TF et al. Matern Child Health J. 2026 Jan 4. |
Systematic Review |
| Do 6-9-year-old children in Denmark adhere to national dietary recommendations and are there sociodemographic disparities? The Generation Healthy Kids study. |
Holmegaard F et al. Eur J Nutr. 2026 Jan 16;65(1):24. |
Cross-Sectional |
| Top food categories contributing to Canadian children's energy and nutrient intakes at school. |
Ziraldo ER et al. PLoS One. 2026 Jan 13;21(1):e0340494. |
Cross-Sectional |
| The food industry's role in influencing consumer demand for healthy and unhealthy food: perspectives from Australian food companies. |
Marshall J et al. Public Health Nutr. 2026 Jan 30:1-26. |
Qualitative Study |
| Diet Quality |
Associations Between Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Diet Quality Among Children and Adolescents. |
Petridi E et al. Nutrients. 2026 Jan 14;18(2):272. |
Cross-Sectional |
| Sweet Taste Genetic Risk Score and Alignment to Diet Quality among Puerto Rican Adults in Massachusetts. |
Julián-Serrano S et al. J Nutr. 2026 Jan 16;156(3):101369. |
Cross-Sectional |
| Obesity |
Efficacy of an intervention in the nutritional status and consumption of ultra-processed foods in children with obesity treated in primary health care in Brazil. |
Jardim MZ et al. BMC Nutr. 2026 Jan 5;12(1):17. |
RCT |
| High sugar-sweetened beverage intake predicts adverse physical, emotional, and sleep health trajectories in adolescents: a 4-year prospective cohort study. |
Zhang Z et al. Front Public Health. 2026 Jan 14;13:1754072. |
Prospective Cohort Study |
| Sugar- and artificially sweetened beverages consumption, body weight, and eating disorders symptoms: findings from a Danish cohort from childhood to early adulthood. |
Valle-Hita C et al. Eur J Nutr. 2026 Jan 20;65(1):33. |
Prospective Cohort Study |
| Exploratory Study of Soft Drink Intake, Diet, and Body Size Among Employees at a Japanese University Aged 20-39. |
Ito M et al. Nutrients. 2026 Jan 16;18(2):292. |
Cross-Sectional |
| Diabetes |
Effects of carbohydrate-modified diets on insulin sensitivity in children and adolescents with overweight/obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. |
Khorshidi Y et al. BMC Endocr Disord. 2026 Jan 7;26(1):35. |
SRMA of RCTs |
| Effects of energy-matched low- versus high-carbohydrate diets on glycaemic control, lipid profile, and body composition in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. |
Anagnostou A et al. Eur J Nutr. 2026 Jan 6;65(1):19. |
SRMA of RCTs |
| The Beverage Quality Index and type 2 diabetes risk in women: a prospective analysis of the Mexican Teachers' Cohort. |
Jacobo Cejudo MG et al. Nutr Diabetes. 2026 Jan 22;16(1):3. |
Prospective Cohort |
| Comprehensive review of carbonated soft drink consumption rates and their public health importance. |
Urugo MM et al. BMC Public Health. 2026 Jan 10;26(1):509. |
Narrative Review |
| Cardiovsacular Disease |
The impact of the ketogenic diet on the lipid profile in adults: A comprehensive review and meta-regression analysis of randomized controlled trials. |
Chang C et al. Endocr Pract. 2026 Jan 30:S1530-891X(26)00026-1. |
SRMA |
| Artificial Sweeteners and Cardiovascular Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. |
Gimeno-Ruiz S et al. Nutr Rev. 2026 Jan 22:nuaf298. |
SRMA |
| Sugar rationing during the first 1000 days of life and lifelong risk of heart failure. |
Tang H et al. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 21. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-68713-9. |
Retrospective Cohort |
| Global Burden of Ischemic Stroke Attributable to High Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Consumption from 1990 to 2021 and Projections to 2045. |
Xue C et al. Neuroepidemiology. 2026 Jan 27:1-16. doi: 10.1159/000549818. |
Ecological Study |
| Maternal nutritional imbalance during pregnancy and the development of fetal-origin cardiovascular diseases. |
Cui S et al. Front Nutr. 2026 Jan 21;13:1717069. |
Narrative Review |
| Cancer |
Investigating the relationship between taste perception of artificial sweeteners and cancer risk. |
DCP et al. Public Health Nutr. 2026 Jan 12;29(1):e18. |
Mendelian Randomization Study |
| Association of sweetened beverage intake with incident risk of breast cancer: a prospective cohort study. |
Huang J et al. Front Nutr. 2026 Jan 14;12:1680542. |
Prospective Cohort Study |
| Sugar-sweetened orange beverages: A silent risk factor for colorectal cancer? |
Singh D et al. Nutr Health. 2026 Jan 29:2601060251383198. |
Prospective Cohort Study |
| Higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with an increased risk of endometrial cancer: a prospective cohort study of 92,777 women from the UK Biobank. |
Yi K et al. Front Public Health. 2026 Jan 7;13:1692974. |
Prospective Cohort Study |
| The role of nutrition in prostate cancer risk, progression, and mortality: A comprehensive review. |
Souroujon Torun AA et al. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2026 Jan 9;72:102914. |
Narrative Review |
| Energy metabolism, nutrition and cancer. |
Camajani E et al. Semin Cancer Biol. 2026 Jan 31;120:4-15. |
Narrative Review |
| Dental Health |
G-Computation Quantifying Caries Reduction by World Health Organization Sugar Limits in Children. |
Dao ATM et al. J Dent Res. 2026 Jan 21:220345251406559. |
Prospective Cohort Study |
| Measuring sugar intake in oral health birth cohort studies: a scoping review. |
Sarawagi S et al. Front Nutr. 2026 Jan 7;12:1667487. |
Scoping Review |
| Liver Health |
Associations of Fructose Consumption with Prevalence and Incidence of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease-The Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study. |
Saarinen RH et al. J Nutr. 2026 Jan 6;156(2):101318. |
Prospective Cohort Study |
| A case-control study of the link between quantity and quality of dietary carbs scores and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. |
Moradi F et al. BMC Nutr. 2026 Jan 2;12(1):19. |
Case-Control Study |
| Gut Health |
Distinct microbial mediators link diet to inflammation in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. |
Mayorga L et al. Gut. 2026 Jan 6:gutjnl-2025-337480. |
Prospective Cohort Study |
| Sweet legacy, bitter outcomes: sugar, sweeteners, and the microbial origins of a modern syndrome. An evidence-based narrative review. |
Ceballos D et al. Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2026 Jan 22. |
Narrative Review |
| Sleep |
Sweetened Beverage Consumption is Associated With Sleep Duration and Timing in Young Adolescents. |
Orihuela CA et al. Health Promot Pract. 2026 Jan 19:15248399251414633. |
Cross-Sectional |
| Other Health Conditions |
Association between total sugar intake and all-cause mortality according to bone health status: A retrospective cohort study. |
Chen T,. & Liang M. Medicine (Baltimore). 2026 Jan 23;105(4):e46133. |
Retrospective Cohort Study |
| Differential Associations of Total and Added Sugar Intake With Frailty in Older Adults: Analysis From a National Survey. |
Shin WY. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2026 Jan 24;27(3):106086. |
Cross-Sectional |
| Sweet poison for the eyes: High-Fructose diets as drivers of metabolic disruption and ocular diseases - Insights and therapeutic horizons. |
Chen C et al. Exp Eye Res. 2026 Mar;264:110852. |
Narrative Review |
| Appetite, Taste, and Eating Behaviour |
Enteroendocrine hormonal response after the ingestion of cola beverages with sucrose and non-nutritive sweeteners in healthy adults: A randomized crossover trial. |
Galicia-Ayala C et al. Nutrition. 2026 Jan;141:112938. |
Randomized Crossover Trial |
| A low-calorie rebaudioside D-glucose-sodium sweetener matches sucrose in palatability and neural responses in a functional MRI study of healthy adults. |
Nakamura Y et al. Front Nutr. 2026 Jan 7;12:1699670. |
Randomized Crossover Trial |
| Taste of Things to Come: Craving Responses to Ingestion of and Mouth Rinse with a Sugary Drink in Connection with Food Cues and Associations with Continuous Interstitial Glucose Measurement in a Healthy Population. |
Al Gamode A et al. Nutrients. 2026 Jan 5;18(1):177. |
Randomized Crossover Trial |
| Mental Health, Cognition, Addiction |
Soft drink consumption associated with depressive symptoms among the general population: consistent and robust evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis. |
Nguyen Di K et al. Food Funct. 2026 Jan 22. |
SRMA |
| The Effects of Aspartame, Sucrose, and Water on Short-Term Cognitive Performance. |
Jacobson MM et al. Percept Mot Skills. 2026 Jan 8:315125251410466. |
RCT |
| Soda consumption and risk of dementia: The Northern Manhattan study. |
Farhi A et al. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Jan 2:13872877251411414. |
Prospective Cohort Study |
| Nutritional status, emotional eating status and metabolic control according to food addiction in adults with type 2 diabetes. |
Javadi F et al. J Diabetes Metab Disord. 2026 Jan 3;25(1):21. |
Cross-Sectional |
| Family Stress Is Inversely Associated With Sugar Intake in Preschool-Aged Girls. |
Mahajan A et al. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2026 Jan 30:S1499-4046(25)00537-8. |
Cross-Sectional |
| Association between dietary diversity and risk of depressive symptoms in Chinese children, adolescents, and college students. |
Ren Z et al. Front Nutr. 2026 Jan 14;12:1575351. |
Cross-Sectional |
| Depression and caries in adolescents: role of social inequities and sugar consumption. |
Filho RN, Filho RN et al. Clin Oral Investig. 2026 Jan 30;30(2):66. |
Cross-Sectional |
| Examining the non-linear relationship between sugar consumption and anxiety symptoms in UK biobank data. |
Yang X et al. Nutr J. 2026 Jan 26. |
Cross-Sectional |
| Neurobiological insights into the effects of ultra-processed food on lipid metabolism and associated mental health conditions: a scoping review. |
Poon E et al. Front Nutr. 2026 Jan 21;12:1754492. |
Scoping Review |
| How does sugar-sweetened beverage consumption relate to sleep and mental health in adolescents? A scoping review. |
Di Nucci A et al. Front Nutr. 2026 Jan 12;12:1718230. |
Scoping Review |
| Physical Activity |
Carbohydrate Ingestion on Exercise Metabolism and Physical Performance. |
Noakes TD et al. Endocr Rev. 2026 Jan 21:bnaf038. |
Narrative Review |
| Energy, carbohydrates and fats in clinical sports nutrition. |
Kozjek Schwietert AK et al. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2026 Feb;71:102900. |
Narrative Review |
| Food Labelling |
Alignment with front-of-package labeling policy and risk of hospitalization: evidence from Canadian National Nutrition Survey linked to routinely collected health administrative databases. |
Buttar A et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2026 Jan 8;123(3):101191. |
Prospective Cohort Study |
| Color and shape matter: how visual design features of front-of-package warning labels influence attractiveness perception, healthfulness perception and purchase intention. |
Guo Z et al. Eat Weight Disord. 2026 Jan 20. |
Quasi-Experimental Study |
| Knowledge & Perceptions |
The influence of parental nutrition literacy and knowledge on sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among parents of children in elementary school in Nigeria: Cross-sectional study. |
Nutr Health. 2026 Jan 5:2601060251410453. |
Cross-Sectional |
| A narrative review of public and expert perceptions of ultra-processed foods: Knowledge, opinions, and educational directions. |
McCausland HC et al. Appetite. 2026 Jan 1;216:108273. |
Narrative Review |
| Dietary Guidelines |
When Nutrition Science Is Ignored: Potential Public Health Cost of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines. |
Williams KA Sr et al. JAMA. 2026 Jan 28. |
Commentary |
| Concerns around evidence that food processing should be included in dietary guidance. |
Robinson E., & Forde CG. Nat Med. 2026 Jan 6. |
Commentary |
