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Sugar sweetened beverage consumption is higher in normal weight than overweight and obese adolescents: Implications for future increased prevalence of obesity
Author(s) -
Rodriguez Maria,
Ortiz Rudy,
Montez Priscilla,
Weffer Simon
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.1066.5
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , medicine , environmental health , body mass index , demography , population , consumption (sociology) , normal weight , gerontology , endocrinology , social science , sociology
The associations among sugar‐sweetened beverage consumption (water, milk, juice and soft drinks) with regards to body mass in Hispanics in rural areas are not well examined. Surveys collected self‐reported data on daily beverage consumption and related to direct measures of BMI from non‐Hispanic white (312 males, 301 females) and Hispanic (671 males, 610 females) adolescents (13– 17 years old.) On average, 49% of overweight and obese adolescents, regardless of race and gender, drank more water than their normal weight counterparts. 61% of normal weight non‐ Hispanic white females reported consuming more soft drinks per day than their obese and overweight counterparts regardless of race. Furthermore, 46% of normal weight and overweight Hispanic males drank more juice per day than white males. The lack of higher SSB consumption in overweight and obese adolescents suggests that either SSB consumption is not a principal cause of their increased weight or that most of these adolescents are beginning to reduce their intake to address their weight issues. The higher SSB consumption in normal weight females is alarming because we have reported reduced physical activity levels in this group, and thus, suggests that this group is susceptible to weight gain and increasing the prevalence of overweight and obesity in this population of adolescents, further burdening the epidemic that plagues the United States. Grant Funding Source : United States Department of Agriculture