Association of beverage consumption with obesity in Mexican American children

Bibliographic Data

ID15092736
AuthorsAmy L Beck (0000-0002-4567-8857, University of California, San Francisco, corresponding author), Jeanne M Tschann (0009-0001-6035-0331, University of California, San Francisco), Jeanne Tschann, Nancy F Butte (0000-0001-8892-5195, Baylor College of Medicine), Carlos Penilla (0000-0002-2212-5432, University of California, San Francisco), Louise C Greenspan (Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center)
Year2014
Volume17
Issue2
Pages338-344
Publication date2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980012005514
PMID23308395
PMCIDPMC4430195
OpenAlexW2111390731
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited38

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 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

Body mass index · Childhood obesity · Confounding · Consumption (sociology · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Obesity · Odds · Odds ratio · Overweight · Population · Screen time · Demography · Health and Lifestyle Studies · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Gerontology

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