Higher Intakes of Soft Drinks Are Associated With Anxiety, Depression, and Bone Mineral Density Among University Students

Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of South Asia, Lahore, Pakistan (Ms Ikram); Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (Ms Ikram, Drs Shahbaz and Ahmed) and Department of Physiology (Dr Tahir), University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; Nutrition and Health Science, School of Science, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom (Dr Khan); and Department of Food Sciences, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan (Dr Akram).

Correspondence: Hafiz Muhammad Shahbaz, PhD, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Outfall Rd, Lahore 54000, Punjab, Pakistan ([email protected]; [email protected]).

The authors thank the British multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK Pakistan) for providing a BMD machine.

The authors' contributions are as follows: Mashta Ikram: Methodology, formal analyses, investigation, and writing the original draft. Hafiz M. Shahbaz: Project administration, visualization, investigation, editing of the original manuscript, and data analyses. Waqas Ahmed: Conceptualization the software and reviewing the original manuscript. Zahra Khan: Conceptualization, writing, reviewing, and editing. Sajid Khan Tahir: Editing the original manuscript, conceptualization, and data analyses. Kashif Akram: Data analyses, reviewing the original manuscripts, and English language corrections.

Data Access Statement: The authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article.

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this article.

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