Latest Sugars-Related Research

CSI provides a monthly summary of new research on sugars and carbohydrates published each month, based on a PubMed search using pre-established search terms. The publications are grouped by topic areas and ordered from higher to lower quality based on the hierarchy of medical evidence. A summary of the screening process is available for download

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July 2025

Below is a full list of sugars-related scientific publications published in July 2025, grouped by topic areas and ordered from higher to lower quality evidence. 

Topic Title Citation Study Type
Dietary Intakes - 
Sugars-Sweetened Beverages
Does Intergenerational Care Increase Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption of Schoolchildren? Evidence from CEPS Data in China.   Feng M, Liu Q, Du D, Ren Y. Nutrients. 2025 Jul 9;17(14):2267.  Cross-Sectional
Parent-Child Mutual Influences on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Behaviors: Actor-Partner Analysis.  Lwin MO et al. JMIR Pediatr Parent. 2025 Jul 24;8:e76943.  Cross-Sectional
Sugar-sweetened beverages and water intake among Indigenous youth in the United States and Canada: a scoping review of interventions.   Goldtooth-Halwood R et al. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2025 Dec.  Cross-Sectional
Beverage consumption and nutritional status of children aged 2-6, and their mothers' attitude toward healthy nutrition.   Macin Yildiz M, Bilsin Kocamaz E. Nutrition. 2025 Jul 14;140:112907.  Cross-Sectional
Global burden of high sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among young adults.   Ge C et al. Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2025 Jul 9;17(1):259.  Cross-Sectional
Dietary Intakes - Other Foods Quantification of regional variation in ultra-processed food consumption and its sociodemographic correlates across Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka: insights from the South Asia Biobank.   Bhagtani D et al. Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2025 Jul 18;39:100633.  Cross-Sectional
Intake of high-intensity sweeteners by a population of children aged 1 to 3 years in the city of Campinas-SP, Brazil.   Coro LY et al. Food Addit Contam Part A. 2025 Jul 24:1-12.  Cross-Sectional
Trends in the use of non-nutritive sweeteners among female university students in the United Arab Emirates.   Haroun D, Ehsanallah A, Mubarak W. Prev Med Rep. 2025 Jul 8;56:103166.  Cross-Sectional
Unhealthy food consumption and its determinants among children aged 6-23 months in Bangladesh: insights from the Demographic and Health Survey 2022.   Hassan R et al. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jul 18;25(1):2498.  Cross-Sectional
Parental self-efficacy, parental restrictions and young children's food consumption: does socio-economic status play a role?   Serasinghe N et al. Appetite. 2025 Jul 16;214:108236.  Cross-Sectional
Non-Nutritive Sweeteners Intake and Its Association With Sugars Intake Among Chilean Toddlers.   Arévalo P, Rebolledo N, Reyes M. Pediatr Obes. 2025 Jul 13:e70036.  Cross-Sectional
Early-life snack and drink consumption patterns among children: findings from a U.S. birth cohort study.   Manning S et al. BMC Oral Health. 2025 Jul 13;25(1):1154.  Cross-Sectional
Food Science & Reformulation Reformulation of ultra-processed products in Colombia after the introduction of public health regulations.   Cadena EM, Gallo I, Soto VE. BMC Med. 2025 Jul 30;23(1):446.  Repeated Cross-Sectional Study
Application of FDA-Approved Artificial Sweeteners in Food Science: Technological and Nutritional Challenges.   Tahmouzi S et al. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf. 2025 Jul;24(4):e70208.  Narrative Review
Obesity The Effect of Non-Nutritive Sweeteners' Consumption on Body Weight: A Randomized-Controlled Trial.   Daher M et al. Food Sci Nutr. 2025 Jul 24;13(7):e70691.  RCT
Effects of Non-Nutritive Sweeteners on Weight Loss and Maintenance, Metabolic Improvement, and Appetite Regulation in Weight Management Programs: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.   Wen J, Wu Q, Li S, Liu Y, Wen D. Nutr Rev. 2025 Jul 16:nuaf094.  RCT
Impact of eating window and diet composition on obesity: a comparative study of adults in the USA and South Korea.   Tan LJ, Fu J, Shin S. J Public Health (Oxf). 2025 Jul 28:fdaf089.  Cross-Sectional
The role of ultra-processed food in obesity.   Juul F et al. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2025 Jul 14.  Narrative Review
Optimizing energy balance in youth: reducing sugar-sweetened beverages and screen time.   Murphy HM et al. Paediatr Child Health. 2025 May 7;30(4):221-228.  Narrative Review
Diabetes Effects of L-Arabinose on Glycemic Responses After the Consumption of Sucrose-Rich Foods in Individuals with Impaired Fasting Glucose: A Randomized Controlled Cross-Over Trial.   Pretorius L et al. J Nutr. 2025 Jul 2:S0022-3166(25)00417-1.  RCT       
Glycemic response to SSBs and ASBs: the role of mixed meals and individual variability.   Kim S, Song Y. Nutr J. 2025 Jul 16;24(1):113.  Non-Randomized Controlled Trial
Inverse association between fruit juice consumption and type 2 diabetes among individuals with high genetic risk on type 2 diabetes: the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort (J-MICC) study.   Kawahara T et al; J-MICC Study Group. Br J Nutr. 2025 Jul 10:1-8.  Prospective Cohort
Ultra-Processed Food Intake is Associated with Altered Glucose Homeostasis in Young Adults.   Li Y et al. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2025 Jul 1:rs.3.rs-6875960.  Prospective Cohort
Cardiovsacular Disease The effects of non-nutritive sweeteners on lipid profile in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials.   Najafi A et al. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 1;15(1):21106.  SRMA
Cancer Consumption of Unsweetened Coffee or Tea May Reduce the Cancer Incidence and Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study.   Xu J et al. J Nutr. 2025 Jul;155(7):2100-2109.  Prospective Cohort
Association between ultra-processed food consumption and lung cancer risk: a population-based cohort study.   Wang K et al. Thorax. 2025 Jul 29:thorax-2024-222100.  Prospective Cohort
Updated nutrient profiling system underlying nutri-score (Uns-Nps) and colorectal cancer risk.   Franchi C et al. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2025 Jul;79(7):635-640.  Case-Control
Dietary sugar intervention: A promising approach for cancer therapy.   Zhou X et al. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer. 2025 Jul 29;1880(5):189402.  Narrative Review
Targeting fructose metabolism for cancer therapy.   Zhao Q et al. Cancer Lett. 2025 Jul 11;631:217914.  Narrative Review
Dental Health Is the number of teeth in mouth an indicator of caries in childhood? A birth cohort study.  Danigno JF et al. Caries Res. 2025 Jul 18:1-19.  Prospective Cohort
Why do my patients still have early childhood caries? a critical appraisal.  Oliveira LB, Mattos FF, Paiva SM, Bönecker M. Braz Oral Res. 2025 Jul 7;39:e065.  Narrative Review
Dental caries: we need to consider more than sugar.  Benton D, Young HA. Eur J Pediatr. 2025 Jul 1;184(7):461.  Letter to the Editor
Liver Health Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a beverage type-specific analysis using KNHANES.  Jeon HJ et al. Epidemiol Health. 2025 Jul 21:e2025038.  Cross-Sectional 
Gut Health The role of gut microbiota in insulin resistance: recent progress.  Ji H et al. Front Microbiol. 2025 Jul 25;16:1633029 Narrative Review
Food Additives: Emerging Detrimental Roles on Gut Health.  Seto T, Grondin JA, Khan WI. FASEB J. 2025 Jul 15;39(13):e70810.  Narrative Review
Pregnancy & Lactation Association Between Carbohydrate Quality Index During Pregnancy and Risk for Large-for-Gestational-Age Neonates: Results from the BORN 2020 Study.  Tranidou A et al. Children (Basel). 2025 Jul 20;12(7):955.  Prospective Cohort
Heterogeneity in the association between a dietary pattern high in fat, sugar, and sodium and adverse pregnancy outcomes by maternal characteristics: a United States pregnancy cohort study.  Bodnar LM et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Jul 11:S0002-9165(25)00394-6.  Prospective Cohort
Early-Life Gut Microbiota: A Possible Link Between Maternal Exposure to Non-Nutritive Sweeteners and Metabolic Syndrome in Offspring.  Yin X, Shi Y, Sheng T, Ji C. Nutr Rev. 2025 Jul 1;83(7):e1954-e1969.  Narrative Review
Sleep Associations Between Sleep, Appetite, and Food Reward over 6 Months in Black Emerging Adults-Findings from the Sleep, Health Outcomes and Body Weight (SHOW) Pilot Study.  Koch HR et al. Nutrients. 2025 Jul 13;17(14):2305.  Prospective Cohort
Other Health Conditions Intermittent fasting and a no-sugar diet for Long COVID symptoms: a randomized crossover trial.  Bunker T et al. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 29;15(1):27563.  RCT
Effects of glucose and fructose supplementation on serum sex hormone-binding globulin and testosterone levels: Post-hoc analysis of a double-blind randomized controlled trial.  Chen H et al. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2025 Jul 26;69:384-388.  RCT
Ultra-processed foods, biological ageing, and all-cause mortality risk: a prospective cohort study using 172,225 participants from UK Biobank.  Wang Y et al. Geroscience. 2025 Jul 28. Prospective Cohort
Associations of a healthy beverage pattern with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among US adults: a nationwide cohort study.  Feng Y et al. Nutr J. 2025 Jul 22;24(1):118.  Prospective Cohort
Ultra-Processed Food Intake and Mortality in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study Loftfield, Erikka et al. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2025 Aug.  Prospective Cohort
Low-Carbohydrate Diet Patterns That Favor High-Quality Carbohydrates Are Associated with Beneficial Long-Term Changes in Biomarkers of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in the Framingham Offspring Cohort.  Aloraini GF et al. Curr Dev Nutr. 2025 May 28;9(7):107479.  Prospective Cohort
Evaluating the Association Between Acne Vulgaris and Diet: An Exploratory Study on Patient Beliefs and Perceptions.  Salemi M et al. J Cosmet Dermatol. 2025 Jul;24(7):e70285.  Cross-Sectional
Glycerol intoxication syndrome in young children, following the consumption of slush ice drinks.  Brothwell SL et al. Arch Dis Child. 2025 Jul 18;110(8):592-596.  Retrospective Cohort
Sugar Intake and Respiratory Consequences: Deciphering the Link Between Drink Choice and Asthma Risk.  Utami FA et al. Allergy. 2025 Jul 19.  Letter to the Editor
Appetite, Taste, and Eating Behaviour The impact of the Change4Life Food Scanner app on children's diets and parental psychological outcomes: a randomised pilot and feasibility study.   Mahdi S et al. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jul 2;25(1):2215.  RCT
Gradual increases in sugar concentration enhance total perceived sweetness in individuals prone to sweetness habituation.   Nitto R et al. Front Psychol. 2025 Jul 15;16:1561107.  RCT
Human brain responses to the artificial sweetener sucralose and sucrose in the presence of flavour modifier.   Ko HK et al. Nutr Neurosci. 2025 Jul 4:1-12.  RCT
Comprehensive New Insights into Sweet Taste Transmission Mechanisms and Detection Methods.   Sun Y et al. Foods. 2025 Jul 7;14(13):2397. doi: 10.3390/foods14132397.  Narrative Review
Mental Health, Cognition, Addiction Sweet Misery: Association of Sugar Consumption With Anxiety and Depression-A Systematic Review.   Barma MD et al. Obes Rev. 2025 Jul 26:e70003. SRMA
TOWARD: a metabolic health intervention that improves food addiction and binge eating symptoms.   Saner E et al. Front Psychiatry. 2025 Jul 24;16:1612551.  Non-Randomized Intervention Trial
Association of sugar intake with incident dementia in the UK Biobank: a prospective cohort study.   Che Y et al. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Jul 31:100311.  Prospective Cohort
Neuroinflammation and nutrition in Alzheimer's disease.   Park H, Ni M, Le Y. Front Neurol. 2025 Jul 23;16:1622571.  Narrative Review
Role of Dietary Carbohydrates in Cognitive Function: A Review.   Arshad MT et al. Food Sci Nutr. 2025 Jul 1;13(7):e70516.  Narrative Review
About Sugar Addiction.   Qin D, Qi J, Shi F, Guo Z, Li H. Brain Behav. 2025 Jul;15(7):e70338.  Narrative Review
Now is the time to recognize and respond to addiction to ultra-processed foods.   LaFata EM et al. Nat Med. 2025 Jul 25.  Letter to the Editor
Physical Activity Effects of Eight Weeks of Aerobic Training Combined with Carbohydrate Mouth Rinse on Body Composition and Exercise Performance in Adult Men with Obesity: Evidence from Korea.   Ko JM, So WY, Park SE. Metabolites. 2025 Jul 5;15(7):455.  Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial
Food Labelling RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL ON THE EFFECT OF CHILEAN NUTRITIONAL WARNING LABELS VERSUS NUTRI-SCORE IN FOOD PURCHASING INTENTIONS.   Ordaz-Castillo ME et al. Appetite. 2025 Jul 31:108251.  RCT
Impact of different front-of-package labeling models on food choices among residents in Shanghai, China: a randomized controlled trial.   Sun Z et al. Front Nutr. 2025 Jul 4;12:1594807. RCT
Online RCT of Added-Sugar Warning Labels and Spanish-English Label Education.   Wolf EC et al. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Jul 4;69(4):107966.  RCT
Clearly unhealthy: The effect of potato chips nutrient warning labels.   Arboleda A. Appetite. 2025 Jul 5;214:108214.  RCT
Knowledge & Perceptions Consumption patterns and attitudinal insights on artificial sweeteners in Saudi Arabia.   Aljehany BM et al. Front Public Health. 2025 Jul 16;13:1643309.  Cross-Sectional
Healthy but hazy? Consumers' understanding of the healthiness and nutritional value of food groups.   Koch TJS, Cristian AG, König LM. Appetite. 2025 Jul 25;215:108244.  Cross-Sectional 
Food in the news: effects of exposure to information about ultra-processed vs. high in nutrients of concern foods on consumer perceptions and intake.   Gough T et al.. Cross-Sectional
Can kids identify unprocessed fruit as healthier than an ultra-processed sugar-sweetened beverage? Functional versus self-reported nutrition knowledge and dietary intake among youth from six countries: findings from the International Food Policy Study.   Boyar L et al. BMC Nutr. 2025 Jul 1;11(1):115.  Cross-Sectional
Consumer Identification of Processed Foods and Their Health Effects.   Barnard ND et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jul 1;8(7):e2519518. Cross-Sectional
Between support and scepticism: Health professionals' perceptions of a nutrition education program promoting low-carbohydrate, high-fat diets in under-resourced South African communities.  Pujol-Busquets G et al. PLoS One. 2025 Jun 23;20(6):e0325179.  Cross-Sectional

June 2025

Below is a full list of sugars-related scientific publications published in June 2025, grouped by topic areas and ordered from higher to lower quality evidence. 

Topic Title Citation Study Type
Dietary Intakes - Sugars Association of low-calorie sweetened product consumption and intakes of free sugar and ultra-processed foods in UK children: a national study from 2008 to 2019.  Seesen M et al. Eur J Nutr. 2025 Jun 26;64(5):230.  Cross-Sectional
Investigation of factors influencing sugar consumption in early life: a cross-sectional study. Souza TF et al. Braz Oral Res. 2025 Jun 2;39:e062. Cross-Sectional
Dietary Intakes - Beverages Medical debt is associated with higher sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among U.S. adults.  Sengupta S et al. J Epidemiol Popul Health. 2025 Jun 14.  Cross-Sectional
Dietary Intakes - Food, Dietary Patterns Snack foods for babies: What is driving the increasing use of processed baby snack foods in the UK?  Rhodes A et al.Appetite. 2025 Jun 18;214:108203.  Cross-Sectional
Diet Quality Optimizing carbohydrate quality: a path to better health for women with PCOS. Zhang L et al. Front Nutr. 2025 Jun 18;12:1578459.  SRMA
Higher ultra-processed food consumption is associated with poor nutritional quality but not with obesity in Israeli adults. Shimony T et al. Front Nutr. 2025 Jun 3;12:1586611.  Cross-Sectional
Characteristics and nutrient profiles of foods and beverages on online food delivery systems. Chin JW et al. Nutr Bull. 2025 Jun;50(2):250-261. Cross-Sectional
Obesity Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Risk of Visceral Fat Accumulation Among University Students in Thailand.  Pouyfung P et al. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Jun 26;76(1):75-85.  Cross-Sectional
Ultra-processed food intake and risk of obesity among schoolchildren aged 8-12 years living in Victoria, Australia.  Clark L et al. Pediatr Obes. 2025 Jun 17:e70030.  Cross-Sectional
Back to the pre-industrial age? FAOSTAT statistics of food supply reveal radical dietary changes accompanied by declining body height, rising obesity rates, and declining phenotypic IQ in affluent Western countries.  Grasgruber P.Ann Med. 2025 Dec;57(1):2514073.  Narrative Review
Diabetes Health effects associated with consumption of processed meat, sugar-sweetened beverages and trans fatty acids: a Burden of Proof study.  Haile D et al. Nat Med. 2025 Jun 30.  Cross-Sectional       
Cardiovsacular Disease Exposure to ultra-processed food and risk of cardiovascular mortality: a prospective cohort study.  Gauci S et al. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Jun 25:zwaf378.  Prospective Cohort
Association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and C-reactive protein: findings from study of cardiovascular risks in adolescents (ERICA).  Dos Santos GR et al. Br J Nutr. 2025 Jun 3:1-9.  Cross-Sectional
Diet and nutrition in cardiovascular disease prevention: a scientific statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology and the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions of the European Society of Cardiology.  Marques-Vidal P et al. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Jun 12:zwaf310.  Narrative Review
Ultra-processed foods and cardio-kidney-metabolic syndrome: A review of recent evidence.  Kanbay M et al.Eur J Intern Med. 2025 Jun;136:4-18.  Narrative Review
From popularity to peril? Evaluating cardiovascular risks of low-carbohydrate high-fat diets across diverse populations.  Lacsa JEM. Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev. 2025 Jun 6;26:200447.  Letter to the Editor
Cancer Dietary carbohydrate intake and risks of overall and 21 site-specific cancers: a prospective cohort study.  Chen S et al. Front Nutr. 2025 Jun 18;12:1607358.  Prospective Cohort
Dental Health Effects of Xylitol-laced Sweets on the Accumulation of Dental Plaque : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.  Mostafazadehbakhtiyary M et al. Int Dent J. 2025.  SRMA
Frequent Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption, Dental Caries, and the Federal Poverty Level in Children 1-18 Years, NHANES 2015-2020.  Wiener RC et al. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2025 Jun 13.  Cross-Sectional
Liver Health Pathogenic aspects of fructose consumption in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): A narrative review.  Burger K, et al. Cell Stress. 2025 Jun 24;9:49-64.  Narrative Review
Fructose metabolism and its roles in metabolic diseases, inflammatory diseases, and cancer.  Li Z et al. Mol Biomed. 2025 Jun 23;6(1):43.  Narrative Review
Gut Health Dietary Sugar and Sweetened Beverage Intake Increases Inflammatory Bowel Disease Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.  Maniyar I et al. United European Gastroenterol J. 2025 Jun 18.  SRMA
Sleep Association between beverage quality with sleep disorders and quality of life: a cross-sectional study.  Leilami K et al. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2025 Jun 21.  Cross-Sectional
The global burden of chronic kidney disease due to diabetes mellitus type 2 attributable to diet high in sugar-sweetened beverages among the elderly: a comprehensive analysis from 1990 to 2021.  Hu B et al.Front Nutr. 2025 Jun 19;12:1615351.  Ecological Study
Appetite, Taste, and Eating Behaviour A digital behavioral intervention to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: a randomized, controlled trial.  Zoellner JM et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Jun 11.  RCT
The Role of Diet and Hormones on Taste: Low Carb Compared With Low Fat Study Findings.  Jaime-Lara RB et al. Curr Dev Nutr. 2025 May 19;9(6).  RCT
Associations Between School Start Times and Adolescent Dietary Intake: Results From a National Study.  Kidwell KM et al. Health Educ Behav. 2025 Jun 28.  Cross-Sectional
Enhancing the theory of planned behavior with social reactive constructs in explaining adolescents' dietary behaviors.  Zhou Y et al. Appetite. 2025 Jun 2;214:108170.  Cross-Sectional
Examination of hyper-palatable foods and their nutrient characteristics using globally crowdsourced data.  Jun D et al.PLoS One. 2025 Jun 6;20(6):e0325479. Cross-Sectional
Mental Health, Cognition, Addiction The association between sugar- and artificially sweetened beverages and risk of Alzheimer's disease: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.  Jouni N et al. Aging Ment Health. 2025 Jun.  SRMA
Sweetened Beverages and Incident All-Cause Dementia Among Older Adults.  Chen H, Ding Y, Dhana K, Agarwal P, Beck T, Rajan KB, Melo van Lent D, Ma Y, Zong G, Bjornevik K, Yuan C.JAMA Psychiatry. 2025 Jun 18:e251230.  Prospective Cohort
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and depressive symptoms among college students in northeastern China: The mediating role of mobile phone use addiction.  Li W et al. Prev Med Rep. 2025 Jun 2;55:103123.  Prospective Cohort
Physical Activity Negligible Effects of Fructose-Glucose Composite Carbohydrates on Performance Across a Prolonged Soccer Match Simulation Compared With a Glucose-Only Control in Semiprofessional Soccer Players.  Fischer A et al.Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab.2025.  RCT
Effect of different sports drink compositions on endurance performance and substrate oxidation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study in trained athletes.  Ketelhut S et al. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2025 Jun 4  RCT
No difference in fat oxidation, postexercise energy expenditure or energy intake following ingestion of a protein-based breakfast compared to carbohydrate breakfast.  Hillman AR et al. Nutr Health. 2025 Jun.  RCT
Food Labelling Playing with children's health: an integrative review of marketing strategies on labels, regulatory measures and nutritional quality of child-targeted foods.  Polezi S et al. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2025 Jun 24:1-17.  Systematic Review
Effects of front-of-package nutrition labelling systems on objective understanding and purchase intention in El Salvador: results from a multi-arm parallel-group randomised controlled trial.  da Silva Gomes F et al. Eur J Nutr. 2025 Jun 25;64(5):228.  RCT
Front-of-Package Food Labels and Perceived Weight Stigmatization: A Randomized Clinical Trial.  D'Angelo Campos A et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jun 2.  RCT
Parent and Child Choice of Sugary Drinks Under Four Labelling Conditions.  Talati Z et al. Nutrients. 2025 Jun 3;17(11):1920.  RCT
Assessing the healthfulness of pre-packaged beverages and investigating sugar thresholds for revising front-of-pack labels: a case study in Thailand.  Nguyen Ngoc H et al. Front Nutr. 2025 Jun 2;12:1564216. Cross-Sectional
Impact of the 2023 revision of the nutrient profiling system underlying Nutri-Score on the association with food intakes and biomarkers in French adults from the National ESTEBAN survey.  Sarda B et al. Eur J Nutr. 2025 Jun 7;64(5):209.  Cross-Sectional
How Labeling of Commercial Baby Foods Impacts Parents' Beliefs About Sugar Content and Related Purchasing and Feeding Decisions: Protocol for a Scoping Review.  Conway R et al. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Jun 19;14:e70135.  Scoping Review
Knowledge & Perceptions Between support and scepticism: Health professionals' perceptions of a nutrition education program promoting low-carbohydrate, high-fat diets in under-resourced South African communities.  Pujol-Busquets G et al. PLoS One. 2025 Jun 23;20(6):e0325179.  Cross-Sectional
Dietary Guidelines Dietary carbohydrate intake and health-related outcomes: a protocol for the evidence evaluation methodology for the new guideline on dietary carbohydrate intake of the German nutrition society.  Schlesinger S et al. German Nutrition Society. Eur J Nutr.  Systematic Review Protocol

May 2025

Below is a full list of sugars-related scientific publications published in May 2025, grouped by topic areas and ordered from higher to lower quality evidence. 

Topic Title Citation Study Type
Dietary Intakes - Beverages The Effectiveness of Empowerment Versus Fear Messaging on Sugary Beverage Consumption Intentions Among Young Adult Latinas.  Zhou M et al. Health Educ Behav. 2025 May 22.  RCT
A Qualitative Study To Understand Parental, Health Care Provider and WIC Nutritionist Perspectives on Early Childhood Beverage Choices for WIC-enrolled Families in a Southeastern US Health System.  Ali S et al. .Matern Child Health J. 2025 May;29(5):628-638. Cross-Sectional
Dietary Intakes - Food, Dietary Patterns Identification and validation of poly-metabolite scores for diets high in ultra-processed food: An observational study and post-hoc randomized controlled crossover-feeding trial.  Abar L et al. Med. 2025 May 20;22(5):e1004560.   RCT
Differences in Children's Food and Beverage Consumption between School and Summer: Three-year findings from the What's UP (Undermining Prevention) with Summer Observational Cohort Study.  Beets MW et al. 2025 May 7:rs.3.rs-6255625.  Prospective Cohort
Diet Quality Exploring the Relationship Between Nonnutritive Sweeteners and Nutrient Intake: Findings from the ELSA-Brasil Baseline Study.  Moreira TKB et al .Nutrients. 2025 May.  Cross-Sectional
Ultra-Processed Foods Consumption Is Associated With Intakes of Critical Nutrients Related to Non-Communicable Diseases Among Adults in Dakar, Senegal. Kébé SD et al.Int J Public Health. 2025 May 21;70:1608374. 2025 Cross-Sectional
The impact of carbohydrate quality index on menopausal symptoms and quality of life in postmenopausal women. Elibol E, Eski S, Gez E, Çamdeviren G.BMC Womens Health. 2025 May 28;25(1):262 . Cross-Sectional
Food Science & Reformulation A Comparative Analysis of the Use of Low-Calorie and No-Calorie Sweeteners in Food Products Without and With Added Sugar on the Polish Market. Kołodziejczyk A, Nowak J.Nutrients. 2025 May 31;17(11):1899. Cross-Sectional
Sugar cane extracts as natural taste modulators: potential for sugar reduction in beverages and beyond. Llalla Vidal TM, Macnab G, Mitchell S, Flavel M.Front Nutr. 2025 May 20;12:1603101.  Narrative Review
Obesity Factors associated with the effectiveness of interventions to prevent obesity in children: a synthesis of evidence from 204 randomised trials.  Davies AL et al. BMJ Public Health. 2025 May 12.  SRMA
Mobile- and Web-Based Interventions for Promoting Healthy Diets, Preventing Obesity, and Improving Health Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.  Talens C et al. Med Internet Res. 2025 May 20;27.  Systematic Review
The effectiveness of school-based obesity prevention interventions on the health behaviours of children aged 6-18 years: A secondary data analysis of a systematic review.  McDiarmid K et al. Med Rep. 2025 Mar 31;53:103053.  Systematic Review
Investigating preschool-aged chronotype and social jetlag as predictors of early adolescent diet and BMI z-score: an eight-year follow-up from the DAGIS study.  Abdollahi AM et al. Int J Obes (Lond). 2025 May;49(5):793-800.  Prospective Cohort
Daily Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake and Its Association with Undiagnosed Non-Communicable Diseases Among Malaysian Adults: Findings from a Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Study.  Cheng SH et al. Nutrients. 2025 May 20;17(10):1740.  Cross-Sectional
Sweet Taste Receptors' Genetic Variability in Advanced Potential Targets of Obesity.  Wagner-Reguero S et al. M.Nutrients. 2025 May 18;17(10):1712.  Cross-Sectional
Protein and total sugars intake modulate the rs9939609 single nucleotide polymorphism effect at the fat mass and obesity-associated gene on body composition.  Olmedo et al. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2025 May 23;68:359-367 Cross-Sectional
Does It Really Reduce Obesity? Substitution Effects of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax-Empirical Evidence From China.  Liu Z, Li S, Zhao Y.J Nutr. 2025 May 23  Cross-Sectional Modelling Study
Joint association of physical activity and sugar-sweetened beverages with obesity in young U.S. adults: A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2007-2020.  Liu Y, Xu Y, Sun Z, Gao S.Prev Med Rep. 2025 Mar 25;53:103043.  Cross-Sectional
Energy intake is associated with dietary macronutrient densities: inversely with protein and monounsaturated fat and positively with polyunsaturated fat and carbohydrate among postmenopausal females.  Prentice R et al.Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 May;121(5):1165-1175 . Cross-Sectional
Low- or No-Energy Sweeteners and Body Weight Management: Dissecting a "Minor" Effect. Bellisle F.Obes Rev. 2025 May 14:e13937.  Narrative Review
Diabetes The association of sweetened beverage intake with risk of type 2 diabetes in an Australian population: A longitudinal study.  Kabthymer RH et al .Diabetes Metab. 2025 May 16:101665.  Prospective Cohort       
Risk Factors for the Development of Early Onset Diabetes in the Population of Sindh Province, Pakistan.  Abbas E et al. Biomedicines. 2025 May 2;13(5):1107. Cross-Sectional
Ultra-processed food intake, diet quality, and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional analysis from the Mutaba'ah study.  Almulla AA et al. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2025 May 26;22(1):53.  Cross-Sectional
Correlation Analyses of the Consumption of Artificial Sweeteners During Pregnancy and the Incidence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.  Huang L et al. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2025 May 8.  Cross-Sectional
Cardiovsacular Disease Artificially sweetened beverages do not influence metabolic risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.  Qin L, Yu Y, Yu R.Front Nutr. 2025 May 9;12:1482719.  SRMA
Association of unsweetened and sweetened tea consumption with risk of incident cardiovascular disease: Evidence from the UK Biobank.  Huang H et al. Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev. 2025 May 29. Prospective Cohort
Associations between sweetened beverage consumption, degenerative valvular heart disease, and related events: a prospective study from UK Biobank.  Wei C et al .Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 May 13:zwaf293 Prospective Cohort
Associations between the trajectories of free sugar intake and cardiometabolic risk markers during childhood: generation XXI birth cohort.  Sosa S et al. Eur J Nutr. 2025 May 30;64(5):195. Prospective Cohort
Ultra-processed food consumption and cardiometabolic risk in Canada: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian health measures survey.  Baric A et al. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2025 May 7;22(1):37.  Cross-Sectional
Sweeteners: erythritol, xylitol and cardiovascular risk - friend or foe?  Wölnerhanssen BK et al.Cardiovasc Res. 2025 May 30:cvaf091.  Narrative Review
Dental Health Impact of sugar-sweetened beverages on salivary parameters: A systematic review & meta-analysis.  Das P et al.Evid Based Dent. 2025 May 9. SRMA
Pregnancy, Lactation, PCOS Dietary predictors of premenstrual syndrome: protective role of nuts, seeds, and legumes, and adverse role of sugar and sweets.  Granda D et al. J.Nutrition. 2025 May 9;138:112835.  Cross-Sectional
Sweet Drinks, Sour Consequences: The Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on Sperm Health, a Narrative Review. Win WKY et al. .Nutrients. 2025 May 20;17(10):1733.  Narrative Review
Appetite, Taste, and Eating Behaviour The Effects of Aspartame on Glucose, Insulin, and Appetite-Regulating Hormone Responses in Humans: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.  Boxall LR et al.Adv Nutr. 2025 May 15;16(7):100449.  SRMA
Sowing the Seeds of Taste? A Novel Approach to Investigate the Impact of Early Sweet Exposure on Children's Dietary Taste Patterns from 12 to 36 Mo.  Mueller C et al. Nutr. 2025 May;155(5):1466-1473 . RCT
Using an integrated model of the extended theory of planned behavior and the temporal self-regulation theory to explain the sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in college students. Hu Z et al. Appetite. 2025 Sep 1;213:108140.  Cross-Sectional
Sweet taste preference on snack choice, added sugars intake, and diet quality- a pilot study.  Guarneri F et al. .BMC Nutr. 2025 May 13;11(1):94.  Cross-Sectional
How we taste sweetness: long-sought structure of human receptor mapped at last.  Dolgin E.Nature. 2025 May 7. doi: 10.1038/d41586-025-01408-1.   
Daily briefing: How we taste sweetness.  Smith J.Nature. 2025 May 8. doi: 10.1038/d41586-025-01492-3.   
Physical Activity The effect of intensive resistance exercise and excessive fructose intake on metabolic and physiological responses.  Chen CH et al. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2025 May 23.  RCT
Carbohydrate ingestion during prolonged exercise blunts the reduction in power output at the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition.  Dudley-Rode H et al. Appl Physiol. 2025 May.  RCT
Food Labelling Effects of front-of-package nutrition labels in Latine and limited English proficiency populations: A randomized trial.  Hall MG et al.med Rxiv [Preprint]. 2025 May 1.  RCT
Traffic Light Labels and Dietary Behavior Change: A Randomized Clinical Trial.  Liu H et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 May 1;8(5):e2510894.  RCT
Ultra-Processed Foods in the Food Supply: Prevalence, Nutritional Composition and Use of Voluntary Labelling Schemes.  Hafner E, Hribar M, Pravst I.Nutrients. 2025 May 20;17(10):1731. Cross-Sectional
Does the Inclusion of Free Sugars as Opposed to Total Sugars in Nutrient Profiling Models Improve Their Performance? A Cross-sectional Analysis From the PREDISE Study. Corriveau A et al. J Nutr. 2025 May 24:S0022-3166(25)00321-9. Cross-Sectional
Brazilian front-of-package nutrition labelling and food additives: an approach to identify ultra-processed food products.  Canella DS et al. Br J Nutr. 2025 May 19:1-20. Cross-Sectional
Knowledge & Perceptions Comparative effectiveness of health literacy intervention on reducing sugar or sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in Asian populations: A systematic review.  Chew YY et al. Public Health. 2025 Jul;244:105750.  Systematic Review
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Associated Health Risks Awareness Among University Students in Kuwait: A Cross-Sectional Study.  Zafar TA et al. Nutrients. 2025 May 12;17(10):1646.  Cross-Sectional