Association of beverage consumption with obesity in Mexican American children

作者：Beck Amy L^*; Tschann Jeanne; Butte Nancy F; Penilla Carlos; Greenspan Louise C

来源：Public Health Nutrition, 2014, 17(2): 338-344.

DOI：10.1017/S1368980012005514

• Obesity
• Mexican American
• Beverage consumption
• Sugar-sweetened beverages

Objective: To determine the association of beverage consumption with obesity in Mexican American school-aged children.
Design: Cross-sectional study using the baseline data from a cohort study. Mothers and children answered questions about the frequency and quantity of the child's consumption of soda, diet soda, other sugar-sweetened beverages, 100 % fruit juice, milk and water. The questions were adapted from the Youth/Adolescent FFQ. Children were weighed and measured. Data were collected on the following potential confounders: maternal BMI, household income, maternal education, maternal occupational status, maternal acculturation, child physical activity, child screen time and child fast-food consumption. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between servings (240 ml) of each beverage per week and obesity (BMI >= 95th percentile).
Setting: Participants were recruited from among enrolees of the Kaiser Permanente Health Plan of Northern California. Data were collected via an in-home assessment.
Subjects: Mexican American children (n 319) aged 8-10 years.
Results: Among participants, 20 % were overweight and 31 % were obese. After controlling for potential confounders, consuming more servings of soda was associated with increased odds of obesity (OR = 1.29; P< 0.001). Consuming more servings of flavoured milk per week was associated with lower odds of obesity (OR = 0.88; P = 0.004). Consumption of other beverages was not associated with obesity in the multivariate model.
Conclusions: Discouraging soda consumption among Mexican American children may help reduce the high obesity rates in this population.

• 出版日期2014-2