Foods and beverages associated with higher intake of sugar-sweetened beverages.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is associated with higher caloric intakes, the amount SSBs contribute to higher intakes has not been addressed.

Purpose

To estimate the amount SSBs contribute to higher caloric intakes and determine how the diets of SSB consumers and nonconsumers differ.

Methods

The What We Eat In America, NHANES 2003-2010 surveys were combined into a sample of 13,421 children; analyses were conducted in December 2012. To determine the contribution of SSBs to higher caloric intakes, total non-SSB intake (food + non-SSB beverages) of SSB consumers and nonconsumers were compared using linear regression models controlling for demographic and socioeconomic factors. Analyses also compared intakes between nonconsumers and S

SUBMITTER: Mathias KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3601585 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature