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Recent decreases in beverage calories among U.S. preschoolers slowed by economic recession (1023.3)
Author(s) -
Ford Christopher,
Ng Shu Wen,
Popkin Barry
Publication year - 2014
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.28.1_supplement.1023.3
Subject(s) - per capita , socioeconomic status , demographics , calorie , medicine , demography , environmental health , population , endocrinology , sociology
NHANES data show decreases in caloric intake in preschool children from 2003 to 2010. The effect of the Great Recession on beverage intake trends is unclear, as the cross‐sectional NHANES analyses cannot control for economic factors. Thus, we compare trends in preschooler beverage intakes in NHANES to trends in beverage purchases, adjusted for socioeconomic factors, among households with preschoolers in Nielsen Homescan. We included 3,358 preschoolers (age 2‐5y) from NHANES 2003/04 to 2009/10, and 14,700 households with preschoolers from Nielsen Homescan 2003 to 2012. For total beverages, juice/juice drinks, sodas, plain milks, and sweetened milks, we computed mean intakes per capita/d using NHANES data, and adjusted per capita/d purchases using Homescan data and random effects models controlling for household composition, demographics, market‐quarter unemployment rates and food/ beverage prices. Between 2003 to 2010, unadjusted per capita intake and purchases for total beverages fell by an annual average of 2.7% and 3.4% respectively. After adjusting for economic factors, total beverage purchases fell by an annual average of 6.6% between 2003 and 2010. For juice/juice drinks, plain milks and sweetened milks, average annual decreases in beverage purchases were more slightly more pronounced than those for beverage intakes. After adjusting household beverage purchases for socioeconomic factors and prices, average annual decreases in household purchases for all beverage groups (including total beverages) were even more pronounced than unadjusted household beverage purchases. Adjusted annualized decreases in household beverage purchases from 2009/10 to 2011/12 were similar to those of prior years. Decreases in beverage purchases, adjusted for socioeconomic factors, were more pronounced than unadjusted decreases in beverage intakes and purchases, suggesting that the Great Recession attenuated a secular decline in preschooler beverage trends that persisted through 2012. Grant Funding Source : Supported by RWJF (Grant 70017), NIH (R01DK098072) and CPC (5 R24 HD050924)