Rationale, Design, and Participant Baseline Characteristics of a Parallel Randomized Trial of the Effect of Replacing SSBs with Cow's Milk Versus Soymilk on Intrahepatocellular Lipid and Other Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adults with Obesity Who Consume Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: The Soy Treatment Evaluation for Metabolic health (STEM) Trial.

Erlich MN, Ghidanac D, Blanco Mejia S, Ayoub-Charette S, Vittes Combe C, Khan TA, Ramdath D, Crewson H, Beck A, Silva C, Ramdath DD, Metherel AH, Leiter LA, Bazinet RP, Kendall CWC, Jenkins DJA, Chiavaroli L, Sievenpiper JL

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DOI: 10.3390/nu18071026
Published: 2026 Mar 24
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@article{allodium:10.3390/nu18071026,
  title = {Rationale, Design, and Participant Baseline Characteristics of a Parallel Randomized Trial of the Effect of Replacing SSBs with Cow's Milk Versus Soymilk on Intrahepatocellular Lipid and Other Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adults with Obesity Who Consume Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: The Soy Treatment Evaluation for Metabolic health (STEM) Trial.},
  author = {Erlich MN and Ghidanac D and Blanco Mejia S and Ayoub-Charette S and Vittes Combe C and Khan TA and Ramdath D and Crewson H and Beck A and Silva C and Ramdath DD and Metherel AH and Leiter LA and Bazinet RP and Kendall CWC and Jenkins DJA and Chiavaroli L and Sievenpiper JL},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nutrients},
  doi = {10.3390/nu18071026},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18071026}
}

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AU  - Ayoub-Charette S
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AU  - Ramdath D
AU  - Crewson H
AU  - Beck A
AU  - Silva C
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AU  - Chiavaroli L
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MN, E., D, G., S, B. M., S, A., C, V. C., TA, K., D, R., H, C., A, B., C, S., DD, R., AH, M., LA, L., RP, B., CWC, K., DJA, J., L, C., & JL, S. (2026). Rationale, Design, and Participant Baseline Characteristics of a Parallel Randomized Trial of the Effect of Replacing SSBs with Cow's Milk Versus Soymilk on Intrahepatocellular Lipid and Other Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adults with Obesity Who Consume Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: The Soy Treatment Evaluation for Metabolic health (STEM) Trial.. Nutrients. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18071026

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