Consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages by 2-year-olds: findings from a population-based survey

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 16; no. 10; pp. 1760 - 1767
• Main Authors: Garnett, Bernice Raveche, Rosenberg, Kenneth D, Morris, Daniel S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2013
• Subjects: Beverages; Biological and medical sciences; Birth certificates; Blacks; Body Mass Index; Carbonated Beverages; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Child, Preschool; childhood; children; Children & youth; data collection; Dental caries; Diet; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Fruit juices; General aspects; Health promotion; health services; Health Surveys; Hispanic Americans; Hispanics; Humans; income; issues and policy; Linked Data; Logistic Models; Longitudinal Studies; Medical sciences; Minority & ethnic groups; monitoring; Monitoring and surveillance; mothers; Nutrition; Obesity; Oregon; Overweight; pregnancy; Public health; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Software packages; Sports drinks; Sugar; Surveillance; surveys; Sweetening Agents - administration & dosage; women; Oregon; United States; North America; America; United States > US; USA, Oregon; Oregon; PRAMS; Sugar-sweetened beverages; Child; Soda; Human; Consumption; Sweetened beverage; Population-based survey; Sugar; Carbonated beverage
• ISSN: 1368-9800; 1475-2727; 1475-2727
• DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004399

To determine risk factors for consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) among 2-year-old children. The analysis was performed using three linked data sets: the 2004-2005 Oregon Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Survey (PRAMS); its longitudinal follow-up, 2006-2007 Oregon PRAMS-2; and 2004-2005 Oregon birth certificates. PRAMS is a surveillance programme supported by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and implemented by participating state health departments. Using mixed methods, PRAMS surveys women 2-6 months after a live birth. Oregon PRAMS-2 re-interviews respondents shortly after the index child's second birthday. Oregon PRAMS oversamples minority women. Using monthly cohorts, we randomly selected 5851 women from the 2004-2005 birth certificates. In total 1911 women completed both PRAMS and PRAMS-2. The weighted response rate of PRAMS-2 was 43.5%. Almost half of mothers (49.9%) reported that their child drank SSB on at least 1 d/week. Mothers whose children drank SSB at least once weekly were more likely to have low income (adjusted OR=2.83, 95% CI 2.09, 3.83) and to eat out on ≥2 d/week (OR=2.11 %, 95% CI 1.66, 2.70). Hispanic and non-Hispanic black women were most likely to report that their child drank SSB at least once weekly. Half of mothers reported that their 2-year-old children drank SSB at least once weekly. Public health interventions and policies should address childhood SSB consumption including educating health-care providers and parents.