ArticleEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2015
Sugar-containing beverage intake in toddlers and body composition up to age 6 years: the Generation R study.
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- ILSI Europe Systematic Review: The Impact of Digestible and Nondigestible Carbohydrate Consumption for Toddlers (1-4 Years) in Relation to Health Outcomes.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Unhealthy Food and Beverage Consumption in Children and Risk of Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Macronutrient intake in infancy and cardiometabolic health in preschool children from the EDEN mother-child cohort.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Dietary Sugar Research in Preschoolers: Methodological, Genetic, and Cardiometabolic Considerations.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- Tolerable upper intake level for dietary sugars.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2022Article
- Early Introduction of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Caries Trajectories from Age 12 to 48 Months.Journal of dental research · 2020Article
- Carbohydrate Intake in Early Childhood and Body Composition and Metabolic Health: Results from the Generation R Study.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Evaluation of a short food frequency questionnaire for dietary intake assessment among children.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Article
- The negative impact of sugar-sweetened beverages on children's health: an update of the literature.BMC obesity · 2018Review
- Beverage Consumption Patterns at Age 13 to 17 Years Are Associated with Weight, Height, and Body Mass Index at Age 17 Years.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2017Article
- Junk food concept: seconds out.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2017Article
- Highly Sensitive and Rapid Fluorescence Detection with a Portable FRET Analyzer.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2016Article
- A priori and a posteriori dietary patterns at the age of 1 year and body composition at the age of 6 years: the Generation R Study.European journal of epidemiology · 2016Article
- Sugar-containing beverage intake at the age of 1 year and cardiometabolic health at the age of 6 years: the Generation R Study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectiveIntake of sugar-containing beverages (SCBs) has been associated with higher body mass index (BMI) in childhood. The potential effect of SCB intake during infancy is unclear. We examined the association of SCB intake at 13 months with BMI development until 6 years and body composition at age 6 years. SUBJECTS/
methodsThis study included 2371 Dutch children from a population-based prospective cohort study. SCB intake at 13 months was assessed using a Food Frequency Questionnaire with validation against 24-h recalls and was standardized for total energy. BMI was calculated from repeated weight and height measurements, and age- and sex-specific s.d. scores were calculated. Adiposity was measured using Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
resultsIn girls, higher SCB intake at 13 months was significantly associated with higher BMI at ages 2, 3, 4 and 6 years (at age 6 years BMI (s.d. score) increase 0.11 (95% confidence interval (CI) +0.00; 0.23), high versus low intake). We observed a tendency towards higher android/gynoid fat ratio in girls with high intake (s.d. increase 0.14 (95% CI -0.02; 0.29), versus low intake) but not with body fat percentage. In boys, there was no association with BMI or body composition, but boys with high SCB intake at 13 months were taller at age 6 years (s.d. increase 0.14 (95% CI +0.00; 0.27), versus low intake).
conclusionsHigher SCB intake at 13 months was associated with higher BMI up to age 6 years in girls but not in boys. Our results imply that the unfavorable effects of SCB intake start early in life and that dietary advice regarding limiting SCB intake should already be given early in life.
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