Artificially sweetened beverage consumption during pregnancy and infant body mass index—reply
MB Azad, RJ de Souza, AK Sharma - JAMA pediatrics, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor The May 2016 issue of JAMA Pediatrics juxtaposes 2 research reports that may
have more in common than is apparent from their titles. The first reveals racial/ethnic
disparities in childhood asthma readmission, 1 the second, a possible link between
pregnant mothers' consumption of artificially sweetened beverages and infant obesity. 2
Getting to the heart of the “black box” in associational studies of public health phenomena is
a longstanding challenge. As the mantra goes, correlation is not the same as causation and …
have more in common than is apparent from their titles. The first reveals racial/ethnic
disparities in childhood asthma readmission, 1 the second, a possible link between
pregnant mothers' consumption of artificially sweetened beverages and infant obesity. 2
Getting to the heart of the “black box” in associational studies of public health phenomena is
a longstanding challenge. As the mantra goes, correlation is not the same as causation and …