Dietary salt intake, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, and obesity risk

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 131; no. 1; p. 14
• Main Authors: Grimes, Carley A, Riddell, Lynn J, Campbell, Karen J, Nowson, Caryl A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Beverages - adverse effects; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dietary Sucrose - administration & dosage; Dietary Sucrose - adverse effects; Drinking - drug effects; Drinking - physiology; Female; Health Surveys - methods; Humans; Male; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - physiopathology; Obesity - prevention & control; Risk Factors; Sodium Chloride, Dietary - administration & dosage; Sodium Chloride, Dietary - adverse effects

To determine the association among dietary salt, fluid, and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and weight status in a nationally representative sample of Australian children aged 2 to 16 years. Cross-sectional data from the 2007 Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Acti...