Chocolate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort studies
Increased consumption of dark, but not milk, chocolate was associated with lower risk of T2D. Increased consumption of milk, but not dark, chocolate was associated with long term weight gain. Further randomized controlled trials are needed to replicate these findings and further explore the mechanisms.
Authors
- Geng Zong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0372-8262)
- Binkai Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5478-5208)
- JoAnn E. Manson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9426-7595)
- Eric B. Rimm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1402-7250)
- Qi Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8480-1563)
- Μolin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9150-7928)
- Yang Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7316-508X)
- Lu Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2473-2962)
- Frank B. Hu
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health (CN)
- Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ
- Published
- 2024-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-078386
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.26