ArticlePloS one2021
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption from 1998-2017: Findings from the health behaviour in school-aged children/school health research network in Wales.
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- Risky behaviors, substance use, and other lifestyle correlates of energy drink consumption in children and adolescents: a systematic review.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Psychological and socio-educational correlates of energy drink consumption in children and adolescents: a systematic review.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
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- Sex-specific hepatic effects of sweetened alcohol consumption and tannic acid intervention in adolescent rats.Physiological reports · 2026Article
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- Data Resource Profile: The School Health Research Network (SHRN) Student Health and Well-being (SHW) survey of 11-16-year-olds (2017-2023).International journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Technology-Based Interventions to Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among Adolescents: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Inequalities in energy drink consumption among UK adolescents: a mixed-methods study.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Association between Hyperactivity and SSB Consumption in Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study in China.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Metabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents with Obesity: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2023Review
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Abstract
To date no study has examined time trends in adolescent consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and energy drinks, or modelled change in inequalities over time. The present study aimed to fill this gap by identifying historical trends among secondary school students in Wales, United Kingdom. The present study includes 11-16 year olds who completed the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey and the Welsh School Health Research Network (SHRN) survey between 1998 to 2017. Multinomial regression models were employed alongside tests for interaction effects. A total of 176,094 student responses were assessed. From 1998 to 2017, the prevalence of daily sugar-sweetened beverage consumption decreased (57% to 18%) while weekly consumption has remained constant since 2006 (49% to 52%). From 2013 to 2017, daily consumption of energy drinks remained stable (6%) while weekly consumption reports steadily decreased (23% to 15%). Boys, older children and those from a low socioeconomic group reported higher consumption rates of sugar-sweetened beverages and energy drinks. Consumption according to socioeconomic group was the only characteristic to show a statistically significant change over time, revealing a widening disparity between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption rates of those from low and high socioeconomic groups. Findings indicate a positive shift in overall consumption rates of both sugar-sweetened beverages and energy drinks. Adolescents from a low socioeconomic group however were consistently shown to report unfavourable sugar-sweetened beverages consumption when compared to peers from high socioeconomic group. Given the established longer term impacts of sugar-sweetened beverage and energy drink consumption on adolescent health outcomes, urgent policy action is required to reduce overall consumption rates, with close attention to equity of impact throughout policy design and evaluation plans.
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