Children's Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption: Striking Parallels With Substance Use Disorder Symptoms

Frontiers in Pediatrics

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Allison C. Sylvetsky¹  Lindsey Parnarouskis²  Patrick E. Merkel¹  Ashley N. Gearhardt² 

[1] Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, United States;Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, United States

关键词: sugar;    beverages;    obesity;    caffeine;    soda;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2020.594513

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake contributes to obesity and cardiometabolic disease (1). Children’s SSB consumption considerably exceeds public health recommendations (2), and efforts to reduce intake have had limited success (3). In addition to high sugar content, many SSBs also contain caffeine, and caffeinated SSBs are the predominant source of caffeine intakes among youth (4). Sugar activates central reward pathways, and similar to drugs of abuse, stimulates dopamine release (5), and meets several criteria for addiction (6). Chronic caffeine intake causes tolerance and withdrawal in children (7), which are core behavioral indicators of substance use disorders (SUDs) (6).

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