Acetazolamide promotes decreased consumption of carbonated drinks and weight loss.

Excessive consumption of carbonated drinks contributes to the dietary surplus of carbohydrates, and is a main driver of the obesity epidemic in the USA. From a public health standpoint, it is therefore crucial to develop strategies that enable individuals to regulate this calorie-rich, but nutrient-poor food intake. However, conservative medical approaches to this end have met with limited success.

Association of Youth and Caregiver Anxiety and Asthma Care Among Urban Young Adolescents.

Objective: To examine the association of adolescent asthma-related anxiety, social anxiety, separation anxiety, and caregiver asthma-related anxiety with asthma care by urban adolescents.

Methods: Participants were 386 ethnic minority adolescents (mean age 12.8 years) with persistent asthma and their caregivers.