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Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries

Estimates from the Global Dietary Database indicated that 2.2 million new type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million new cardiovascular disease cases were attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages worldwide in 2020, with the highest burdens in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Laura Lara-Castor
Meghan O’Hearn
Rubina Hakeem
ResearchOpen Access06 Jan 2025
Nature Medicine

Volume: 31, P: 552-564
Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries

Recent estimates of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) intake are generally unavailable. Here the authors show a global SSBs intake of 2.7 servings/week in 2018 in adults (range: 0.7 South Asia, 7.8 Latin America/Caribbean); intakes were higher among males, younger, more educated, and urban adults.

Laura Lara-Castor
Renata Micha
Rubina Hakeem
ResearchOpen Access03 Oct 2023
Nature Communications

Volume: 14, P: 1-19
Children’s and adolescents’ rising animal-source food intakes in 1990–2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity

An analysis based on data from the Global Dietary Database shows mean animal-sourced food intakes among children and adolescents increased modestly from 1990 to two portions per day in 2018, but remain low in sub-Saharan Africa, India and Bangladesh.

Victoria Miller
Patrick Webb
Rubina Hakeem
ResearchOpen Access20 Apr 2023
Nature Food

Volume: 4, P: 305-319
Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries

Modeling analysis from the Global Dietary Database estimated that 70% of new global cases of type 2 diabetes are attributable to suboptimal intake of 11 dietary factors, with substantial differences in dietary risks across world regions and nations.

Meghan O’Hearn
Laura Lara-Castor
Rubina Hakeem
ResearchOpen Access17 Apr 2023
Nature Medicine

Volume: 29, P: 982-995
Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by nation, age, education, and urbanicity

Dietary quality is reported at the global, regional and national level across 185 countries. Though diet quality increased modestly since 1990 at the global level, in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa it did not improve. In some regions, children’s dietary quality is lower than that of adults.

Victoria Miller
Patrick Webb
Rubina Hakeem
ResearchOpen Access19 Sept 2022
Nature Food

Volume: 3, P: 694-702
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α7 subunit is an essential regulator of inflammation

Hong Wang
Man Yu
Kevin J. Tracey
Research22 Dec 2002
Nature

Volume: 421, P: 384-388
Improving care for patients with epilepsy

Quality of care for patients with epilepsy can be variable. The American Academy of Neurology has recently published measures to guide physicians during treatment of epilepsy patients. Are these considerations enough to provide optimal care?

Carol M. Ulloa
Frank G. Gilliam
News & Views06 Apr 2011
Nature Reviews Neurology

Volume: 7, P: 195-196
Author Correction: Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by nation, age, education, and urbanicity

Victoria Miller
Patrick Webb
Rubina Hakeem
Amendments and CorrectionsOpen Access24 Jan 2023
Nature Food

Volume: 4, P: 191
Author Correction: Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries

Laura Lara-Castor
Meghan O’Hearn
Rubina Hakeem
Amendments and CorrectionsOpen Access28 Jan 2025
Nature Medicine

Volume: 31, P: 696

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