Authors:
Ambrosini GL, Oddy WH, Huang RC, Mori TA, Beilin LJ, Jebb SA
Authors notes:
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2013;98(2):327-334
Keywords:
Sugar-sweetened beverage, cardiometabolic disturbances, cardiometabolic risk, weight status, triglycerides
Abstract:
High sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption is associated with cardiometabolic disturbances in adults, but this relation is relatively unexplored in children and adolescents.
We tested the hypothesis that higher SSB intakes are associated with increases in cardiometabolic risk factors between 14 and 17 y of age.
The average SSB intake in consumers (89%) was 335 g/d or 1.3 servings/d.
Girls who moved into the top tertile of SSB consumption (>1.3 servings/d) between 14 and 17 y of age had increases in BMI, increased overweight and obesity risk, and greater overall cardiometabolic risk.
Girls and boys who moved into the top tertile of SSB intake showed increases in triglycerides, and boys showed reductions in HDL cholesterol independent of BMI.
Some associations were attenuated after adjustment for major dietary patterns.
Increased SSB intake may be an important predictor of cardiometabolic risk in young people, independent of weight status.