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ArticleNutrients2022

Dietary Intake and Sources of Added Sugars in Various Food Environments in Costa Rican Adolescents.

Rafael Monge-Rojas, Rulamán Vargas-Quesada, Uriyoán Colón-Ramos, Anne Chinnock

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Article in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Rafael Monge-RojasNutrition and Health Unit, Costa Rican Institute for Research and Education on Nutrition and Health (INCIENSA), Ministry of Health, Tres Ríos 4-2250, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0001-7660-2508
Rulamán Vargas-QuesadaDepartment of Human Nutrition, Campus Rodrigo Facio, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 2060, Costa Rica.
Uriyoán Colón-RamosDepartment of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0870-9722
Anne ChinnockDepartment of Human Nutrition, Campus Rodrigo Facio, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 2060, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0002-1675-7847
Universidad de Costa Rica · CRInstituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud · CRMilken Institute · US

Funding

Tobacco Control Program of the Department for Strategic Planning and Evaluation of Health Actions of the Costa Rican Ministry of Health DM-FG-4854-14 and DM-FG.1748-2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Consumption of added sugars, especially from sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), has been associated with several negative health outcomes during adolescence. This study aimed to identify dietary intake and food sources of added sugars in the home, school, and neighborhood environments of Costa Rican adolescents. Dietary intake of added sugars was determined using 3-day food records in a cross-sectional study of 818 adolescents aged 12 to 19 and enrolled in rural and urban schools in the province of San José. On average, 90% of adolescents consumed more than 10% of their total energy intake from added sugars. Furthermore, 74.0% of added sugars were provided at home, 17.4% at school, and 8.6% in the neighborhood. Added sugars were primarily provided by frescos (29.4%), fruit-flavored still drinks (22.9%), and sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages (12.3%), for a total contribution of 64.6%. Our findings suggest that Costa Rican adolescents have a plethora of added sugar sources in all food environments where they socialize. However, it is relevant for public health to consider the home and school environments as fundamental units of interventions aimed at reducing added sugars in the adolescent diet. Frescos prepared at home and school and fruit-flavored still drinks must be the focus of these interventions.

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BeveragesSugarsAdolescentAdultChildCross-Sectional StudiesEatingHumansSweetening AgentsYoung AdultSugarsSweetening Agentsadded sugaradolescentsCosta Ricahome environmentneighborhood environmentschool environment

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