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

C.W. Leung, B.A. Laraia, B.L. Needham, D.H. Rehkopf, N.E. Adler, J. Lin, E.H. Blackburn and E.S. Epel

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 12, 2425-2431

Abstract: Objectives. 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.

Keywords: sugar intake, administration and dosage; adult; aged; beverage; cell aging; cross-sectional study; demography; drug effects; female; human; leukocyte; male; middle aged; nutrition; polymerase chain reaction; Southern blotting; sugar intake; telomere shortening; United States, Adult; Aged; Beverages; Blotting, Southern; Cell Aging; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demography; Dietary Sucrose; Female; Humans; Leukocytes; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition Surveys; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Telomere Shortening; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302151

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