Table 3 Disease pathway pattern groups of the included SSBs models

Group 1

Only BMI

7 (17.5%)

Briggs 2013a, Briggs 2013b, Kristensen 2014, Lee 2018, Manyema 2014, Vecino-Ortiz 2018, Wilson 2015.

[25, 46, 47, 55, 57, 62, 72]

Group 2

BMI + BMI-related conditions / consequences

13 (32.5%)

Collins 2015, Gortmaker 2015b, Gortmaker 2015a, Lin 2011, Long 2015, Manyema 2015, Manyema 2016, Nomaguchi 2017, Pearson-Stuttard 2017, Rezende 2016, Sacks 2011, Singh 2015, Wright 2015

[23, 26, 27, 32, 51, 53, 54, 59, 61, 64, 65, 67, 73]

Group 3

BMI + BMI-related conditions + Diabetes

14 (35.0%)

Afshin 2015, Basu 2013, Brown 2018, Breeze 2017, Briggs 2017, Cobiac 2017, Crino 2017, Lal 2017, Magnus 2016, Mekonnen 2013, Penalvo 2017, Sanchez Romero 2016, Veerman 2016, Wang 2012

[18, 40, 43, 45, 48,49,50, 52, 56, 61, 66, 68, 70, 71]

Group 4

BMI + Diabetes

4 (10.0%)

Barrientos-G. 2017, Basu 2014 a, Basu 2014b, Ma 2016

[41, 42, 44, 60]

Group 5

Other, such as cavities, → costs

1 (2.5%)

Schwendicke 2016

[69]

Group 6

Other → any other

1 (2.5%)

Lieffers 2018

[58]