Correlates of beverage intake in adolescent girls: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study
Received 1 June 2005; received in revised form 20 September 2005; accepted 4 November 2005.
Refers to article:
Sugar-sweetened beverages, milk intake, and obesity in children and adolescents
William H. Dietz
The Journal of Pediatrics
February 2006 (Vol. 148, Issue 2, Pages 152-154) Full Text |
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Objectives
To examine longitudinal changes in consumption of 6 types of beverages (milk, diet and regular soda, fruit juice, fruit-flavored drinks, and coffee/tea) in girls and determine the relationship between beverage intake, body mass index (BMI), and nutrient intake.
Study design
Three-day food diaries were included from black (1210) and white (1161) girls who participated in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study. Diaries were recorded during annual visits beginning at ages 9 or 10 years until age 19 years. Mixed models estimated the association of (1) visit and race with average daily consumption of beverages and (2) beverage intake with BMI and average daily intake of total calories, sucrose, fructose, total sugars, and calcium.
Results
For girls of both races, milk consumption decreased and soda consumption increased with time. Changes in beverage intake with time varied by race for all beverages except fruit juice. For all beverage categories, consumption was associated with caloric intake. Of all beverages, increasing soda consumption predicted the greatest increase of BMI and the lowest increase in calcium intake.
Conclusions
Public health efforts are needed to help adolescents gain access to and choose healthful beverages and decrease intake of beverages of minimal nutritional value.
From the Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut; Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Nutrition, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut; Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; Westat, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; Departments of Cardiology and Dietary Data Entry Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Nutritional Science and Toxicology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Reprint requests: Ruth H. Striegel-Moore, Wesleyan University, Department of Psychology, 207 High St, Middletown, CT. 06459-0408
Supported by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (HL/DK71122). Also supported by contracts HC55023-26 and Cooperative Agreements U01-HL-48941-44.
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