A randomized trial of sugar-sweetened beverages and adolescent body weight.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages may cause excessive weight gain. We aimed to assess the effect on weight gain of an intervention that included the provision of noncaloric beverages at home for overweight and obese adolescents.

Methods

We randomly assigned 224 overweight and obese adolescents who regularly consumed sugar-sweetened beverages to experimental and control groups. The experimental group received a 1-year intervention designed to decrease consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, with follow-up for an additional year without intervention. We hypothesized that the experimental group would gain weight at a slower rate than the control group.

Results

Retention rates were 97% at 1 year and 93% at 2 years. Reported consumption of sugar-sweeten

SUBMITTER: Ebbeling CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3494993 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature