Characterizing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption for US Children and Adolescents by Race/Ethnicity.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine racial/ethnic differences in type of SSB most frequently consumed and in correlates of youth sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake.

Methods

Data were obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2011-2016, for children and adolescents aged 5-17 years (n = 6507). The main outcome was SSB consumption (i.e., sodas, sweetened fruit drinks, nectars, sports and energy drinks, sweetened coffees and teas, enhanced waters). Mean and proportions of SSB intake were estimated accounting for complex sampling strategy and weighting. Multivariable regression models were developed for each race/ethnicity and age group.

Results

Two-thirds of children and adolescents reported consuming SSB on a given day. Among consumers, mean SSB c

SUBMITTER: Russo RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483241 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature