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The sugar intake of businessmen and its inverse relationship with relative weight*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

J. F. Richardson
J. F. Richardson
Affiliation:
Institute of Diyectors' Medical Centre, Webb House, 210 Pentonville Road, London N1
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Abstract

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1. Yudkin's (1967) questionnaire on the dietary intake of sugar was given to 415 businessmen for self-administration.

1. The results showed an inverse relationship between sugar intake and relative weight (actual weight as a percentage of expected weight for height and age) and additional evidence suggests a direct relationship between sugar intake and adequate exercise.

2. The statement that ‘sugar was restricted’ was shown to be a factor of considerable importance affecting the reported level of sugar intake and should be taken into account when comparing different series.

3. The positive association between cigarette smoking and mean sugar consumption in this series was due to the low-sugar intake of ex-smokers.

4. In future studies on the role of sucrose in the aetiology of ischaemic disease, both smoking habits and levels of activity should be recorded.

Type
Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , May 1972 , pp. 449 - 460
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1972

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