Prospective associations between sugar-sweetened beverage intakes and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption is associated with cardiometabolic disturbances in adults, but this relation is relatively unexplored in children and adolescents.

Objective

We tested the hypothesis that higher SSB intakes are associated with increases in cardiometabolic risk factors between 14 and 17 y of age.

Design

Data were provided by 1433 adolescent offspring from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study. At 14 and 17 y of age, SSB intakes were estimated by using a food-frequency questionnaire; body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting serum lipids, glucose, and insulin were measured, and overall cardiometabolic risk was estimated. Prospective associations between cardiovascular disease risk factor

SUBMITTER: Ambrosini GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3712546 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature