Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among Indigenous Australian children aged 0-3 years and association with sociodemographic, life circumstances and health factors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore beverage intake and associations between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake and sociodemographic, life circumstances, health and well-being factors in a national cohort of Indigenous children.

Design

We calculated prevalence ratios for any SSB consumption across exposures, using multilevel Poisson regression (robust variance), adjusted for age group and remoteness. A key informant focus group contextualised these exploratory findings.

Setting

Diverse settings across Australia.

Participants

Families of Indigenous children aged 0-3 years, in the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children.

Results

Half (50·7 %, n 473/933) of children had ever consumed SSB at survey, increasing from 29·3 % of 0-12-month-olds to 65·7 % of 18-36-month-ol

SUBMITTER: Thurber KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6988377 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature