**8. Research hypothesis**

The research hypotheses that were tested are as follows:


The literature is non-directional about the relationship between gender and knowledge of sugar in SSBs or food; it shows a 'correlation between BMI and added sugar consumption' [20].

*Knowledge of Sugar in Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in South Africa: A Survey of Postgraduate… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.106904*
