Measuring micronutrient intakes at different levels of sugar consumption in a population in transition: the Transition and Health during Urbanisation in South Africa (THUSA) study

Objective: The objective was to investigate the absolute micronutrient intake and the possibility of micronutrient dilution of added sugar in the diets of an African population in nutritional transition.Design: A cross-sectional, comparative, population-based design was used. Respondents who consumed sugar were divided into four quartiles of percentage of added sugar intake.Setting: The setting was 37 randomly selected rural and urban areas of...