| Title |
Trends in sugar supply and consumption in Australia: is there an Australian Paradox?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-668 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Wavne Rikkers, David Lawrence, Katherine Hafekost, Francis Mitrou, Stephen R Zubrick |
| Abstract |
High consumption of refined carbohydrate, in particular sugar, has been identified as a possible contributory factor in greater risk of excess weight gain. In spite of data limitations, one recent paper suggests that Australian sugar consumption has decreased over the same time period that obesity has increased, a so called 'Australian Paradox'. Given the significant public health focus on nutrition, we aimed to estimate Australian sugar supply and consumption over recent decades, to determine whether these data could be used to make any conclusions about sugar's role in obesity. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 16 | 46% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 17% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 10 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 24 | 69% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 14% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 9% |
| Scientists | 3 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 58 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 24% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 19% |
| Researcher | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 15% |
| Unknown | 10 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 22% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 10% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 17% |
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