TY - JOUR
T1 - Intake of sugar sweetened beverages among children and adolescents in 185 countries between 1990 and 2018
T2 - population based study
AU - Lara-Castor, Laura
AU - Micha, Renata
AU - Cudhea, Frederick
AU - Miller, Victoria
AU - Shi, Peilin
AU - Zhang, Jianyi
AU - Sharib, Julia R.
AU - Erndt-Marino, Josh
AU - Cash, Sean B.
AU - Barquera, Simon
AU - Mozaffarian, Dariush
AU - Trichopoulou, Antonia
AU - Bas, Murat
AU - Ali, Jemal Haidar
AU - El-Kour, Tatyana
AU - Krishnan, Anand
AU - Misra, Puneet
AU - Hwalla, Nahla
AU - Janakiram, Chandrashekar
AU - Lipoeto, Nur Indrawaty
AU - Musaiger, Abdulrahman
AU - Pourfarzi, Farhad
AU - Alam, Iftikhar
AU - Termote, Celine
AU - Memon, Anjum
AU - Vossenaar, Marieke
AU - Mazumdar, Paramita
AU - Rached, Ingrid
AU - Rovirosa, Alicia
AU - Zapata, María Elisa
AU - Kelishadi, Roya
AU - Asayehu, Tamene Taye
AU - Oduor, Francis
AU - Boedecker, Julia
AU - Aluso, Lilian
AU - Marconi, Emanuele
AU - D’Addezio, Laura
AU - Piccinelli, Raffaela
AU - Sette, Stefania
AU - Ortiz-Ulloa, Johana
AU - Meenakshi, J. V.
AU - Grosso, Giuseppe
AU - Waskiewicz, Anna
AU - Khan, Umber S.
AU - Brown, Kenneth
AU - Andersen, Lene Frost
AU - Thanopoulou, Anastasia
AU - Malekzadeh, Reza
AU - Calleja, Neville
AU - Keinan-Boker, Lital
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024/8/7
Y1 - 2024/8/7
N2 - OBJECTIVE To quantify global intakes of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) and trends over time among children and adolescents. DESIGN Population based study. SETTING Global Dietary Database. POPULATION Children and adolescents aged 3-19 years in 185 countries between 1990 and 2018, jointly stratified at subnational level by age, sex, parental education, and rural or urban residence. RESULTS In 2018, mean global SSB intake was 3.6 (standardized serving=248 g (8 oz)) servings/week (1.3 (95% uncertainly interval 1.0 to 1.9) in south Asia to 9.1 (8.3 to 10.1) in Latin America and the Caribbean). SSB intakes were higher in older versus younger children and adolescents, those resident in urban versus rural areas, and those of parents with higher versus lower education. Between 1990 and 2018, mean global SSB intakes increased by 0.68 servings/week (22.9%), with the largest increases in sub-Saharan Africa (2.17 servings/week; 106%). Of 185 countries included in the analysis, 56 (30.3%) had a mean SSB intake of ≥7 servings/week, representing 238 million children and adolescents, or 10.4% of the global population of young people. CONCLUSION This study found that intakes of SSBs among children and adolescents aged 3-19 years in 185 countries increased by 23% from 1990 to 2018, parallel to the rise in prevalence of obesity among this population globally. SSB intakes showed large heterogeneity among children and adolescents worldwide and by age, parental level of education, and urbanicity. This research should help to inform policies to reduce SSB intake among young people, particularly those with larger intakes across all education levels in urban and rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the growing problem of SSBs for public health in sub-Saharan Africa.
AB - OBJECTIVE To quantify global intakes of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) and trends over time among children and adolescents. DESIGN Population based study. SETTING Global Dietary Database. POPULATION Children and adolescents aged 3-19 years in 185 countries between 1990 and 2018, jointly stratified at subnational level by age, sex, parental education, and rural or urban residence. RESULTS In 2018, mean global SSB intake was 3.6 (standardized serving=248 g (8 oz)) servings/week (1.3 (95% uncertainly interval 1.0 to 1.9) in south Asia to 9.1 (8.3 to 10.1) in Latin America and the Caribbean). SSB intakes were higher in older versus younger children and adolescents, those resident in urban versus rural areas, and those of parents with higher versus lower education. Between 1990 and 2018, mean global SSB intakes increased by 0.68 servings/week (22.9%), with the largest increases in sub-Saharan Africa (2.17 servings/week; 106%). Of 185 countries included in the analysis, 56 (30.3%) had a mean SSB intake of ≥7 servings/week, representing 238 million children and adolescents, or 10.4% of the global population of young people. CONCLUSION This study found that intakes of SSBs among children and adolescents aged 3-19 years in 185 countries increased by 23% from 1990 to 2018, parallel to the rise in prevalence of obesity among this population globally. SSB intakes showed large heterogeneity among children and adolescents worldwide and by age, parental level of education, and urbanicity. This research should help to inform policies to reduce SSB intake among young people, particularly those with larger intakes across all education levels in urban and rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the growing problem of SSBs for public health in sub-Saharan Africa.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Female
KW - Global Health
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Rural Population/statistics & numerical data
KW - Sugar-Sweetened Beverages/statistics & numerical data
KW - Young Adult
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85200939279&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-079234
DO - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-079234
M3 - Article
C2 - 39111807
SN - 0959-8146
VL - 386
JO - BMJ
JF - BMJ
M1 - e079234
ER -