Water Insecurity Is Associated with Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in a Small-Scale Population in Lowland Bolivia Experiencing Lifestyle Changes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emerging evidence indicates water insecurity (WI) is detrimental to nutritional outcomes and dietary choices.

Objective

WI experiences were measured alongside market and traditional sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption in a small-scale society experiencing the early stages of a nutrition transition (ie, lifestyle and dietary changes away from traditional foods) to test how they are associated.

Design

The 12-item Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) scale was implemented along with a cross-sectional retrospective survey of beverage intake and sociodemographic characteristics across 5 communities at varying distances from a market town.

Participants/setting

Participants were Tsimané forager-horticulturalist adults aged 16 years and olde

SUBMITTER: Deshpande SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12267550 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature