Effects of dietary recommendations for reducing free sugar intakes, on free sugar intakes, dietary profiles and anthropometry: a randomised controlled trial.

Lucy R Boxall, Emily Arden-Close, Janet James, Katherine M Appleton

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Trial report in The British journal of nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

Barriers and facilitators to dietary change while aiming to reduce free sugar intakes: framework analysis based on intervention, time for change, and success at 12 weeks.Journal of nutritional science · 2026
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Sweet Taste Liking and Related Traits: New Insights from Twin Cohorts.Behavior genetics · 2025
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The dilemma of sweet temptation: How sugar perception confusion in sweetened beverages shapes consumer avoidance behavior.PloS one · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lucy R BoxallDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.

Emily Arden-CloseDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.

Janet JamesDepartment of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.

Katherine M AppletonDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7045-3564

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Free sugar intakes are currently higher than recommended for health, yet effective strategies for reducing consumption are yet to be elucidated. This work investigated the effects of different dietary recommendations for reducing free sugar (FS) intakes, on relevant outcomes, in UK adults consuming > 5 % of total energy intake (TEI) from FS. Using a randomised controlled parallel-group design, 242 adults received nutrient-based (

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DietDietary SugarsAdultAgedAnthropometryEnergy IntakeFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedUnited KingdomYoung AdultDietary SugarsBody weightDietary adviceDietary intakesDiet compositionFree sugarsRandomised controlled trial

Identifiers

PMID39973355

DOI10.1017/S0007114525000339

PMCPMC12055439

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