Reduction in sugar-sweetened beverages is not associated with more water or diet drinks

Bibliographic Data

ID15094169
AuthorsJ Veitch (0000-0001-8962-0887, Deakin University, corresponding author), Amika Singh (0000-0001-5811-6282, Amsterdam Public Health), Maartje M Van Stralen (0000-0001-5534-4271, Amsterdam Public Health), Willem Van Mechelen (0000-0001-7136-6382, Amsterdam Public Health), J Brug (0000-0002-1904-7349, Amsterdam Public Health), Mai J M Chinapaw (0000-0001-6259-2441, Amsterdam Public Health), Mai JM Chinapaw
Year2011
Volume14
Issue8
Pages1388-1393
Publication date2011-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980010002727
PMID21029506
OpenAlexW2105174600
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

Objective The Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers (DOiT) is a school-based randomised controlled trial that was effective in decreasing the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among adolescents. The present study examined, using mediation analysis, whether this decrease in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages could be explained by an increase in the consumption of water or diet drinks. Design Participants completed a questionnaire about their beverage consumption at baseline and at 8 months (immediately post-intervention), 12- and 20-month follow-ups. A series of multi-level linear regression analyses were performed to examine water and diet drink consumption as potential mediators of the intervention effect on the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. Setting Eighteen Dutch secondary schools. Subjects A total of 747 adolescents (mean age: 12·7 years). Results In addition to the DoiT intervention effect of a reduction in the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages at 8 months (−284 ml/d; 95 % CI −420, −148) and 12 months (−260 ml/d; 95 % CI −360, −160), there was also a significant reduction in diet drinks at 8 months (−52 ml/d; 95 % CI −89, −16). There was no significant difference in water consumption at any follow-up. The decrease in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption could not be explained by an increase in water or diet drink consumption at any time point. Conclusions Interventions aimed at reducing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption may be effective without changing consumption of other beverages. Reducing sugar-sweetened beverages was, however, a main message of the DOiT intervention. It is possible that a concomitant promotion of water may have resulted in a greater increase in water intake and replacement of sugar-sweetened beverages with water

Consumption (sociology · Environmental health · Sugar · Water consumption · Chemistry · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Environmental Science · Health and Lifestyle Studies · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Environmental Engineering · Food Science

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