Combined intake of sugar‐sweetened beverages and sugar‐containing ultra‐processed foods is associated with an increase in body mass index during early childhood
Authors' conclusion
Early and current intake of SSB and SUP foods and beverages was associated with increases in BMIz in children over 2 years.
Study context
- Population
- Uruguayan children aged 0–3 years 11 months living in urban areas, from the 2012–2013 Continuous Household Survey, with dietary data in 2013–2014 (wave 1) and 2015–2016 (wave 2)2,383 at wave 2
- Participants
- 2,611 children
- Exposure
- Intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and SUP foods vs non-consumption
- Outcome
- Change in BMI z-score (BMIz)
- Follow-up
- 2 years
Methodological detailsnationally representative, multistage sampling, multilevel regression modelling, multivariable-adjusted
- Nationally representative
- Multistage sampling
- Multilevel regression modelling
- Multivariable-adjusted
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Change in BMIz
SSB and SUP foods intake (in combination but not individually) in both waves, β coefficient
0.13
95% CI 0.02, 0.23
BMIz change among non-consumers, β
−0.12
95% CI −0.24, −0.00p = 0.048
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
SUP foods and SSB individually
- Associations significant for SUP foods but not SSB individually
Consuming ≥2 SSB and SUP foods (vs <2) at baseline
- Increased BMIz
- P for trend = 0.02
Original publication
Combined intake of sugar‐sweetened beverages and sugar‐containing ultra‐processed foods is associated with an increase in body mass index during early childhood. Pediatr Obes. Published 21 March 2023. doi:10.
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