Consumption of sugary drinks and sugar added to beverages and their relation ship with nutritional status in young people of Medellin (Colombia)

Introduction: Worldwide, there is a high prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and young people, the etiology is multicausal and influences environmental, cultural and eating habits factors such as the consumption of sugary drinks and added sugar that promote excess weight and risk of chronic diseases. Objective: To identify the relationship between the amount ingested of sugary drinks (BA) and added sugar (AA) with the nutritional status of young people. Methods: Cross sectional study, carried out in 596 individuals, between 10 and 18 years, the evaluation of dietary intake was made through Reminder 24 hours (R24H), for each of the individuals was considered the Best Linear Predictor Insleegue (MPLI) of energy,% AMDR of the total CHOS (acceptable range of distribution of macronutrients) and of the simple CHOS; the nutritional status was classified according to Z score of the body mass index (BMI) and percentage of body fat (% GC). An association with the Spearman correlation, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis and a quantile regression model was determined. Results: Young people from medium-low socioeconomic status had higher AA consumption (p = <0.0001), young people with adequate nutritional status had higher AA (p = 0.011) and energy consumption (p = <0.0001 ) and those with excess nutritional status ingest a greater amount of BA (p = 0.025) and greater% of simple AMDR CHOS (p = 0.045). Conclusions: the development of overweight was not related to excessive energy intake, but to the consumption of sugary drinks and the contribution of simple carbohydra es to total energy.