ArticleThe American journal of clinical nutrition2022
An agent-based model of child sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: implications for policies and practices.
Article in The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- State-Level Differences in Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption by Income Among Children Aged 1-5 Years, United States, 2021-2023.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2026Article
- Systems Science in Nutrition and Dietetics Research: A Practical Lens for Applying Systems Approaches in Research.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Review
- Estimating sex-specific population-level effects of limiting sugar-sweetened beverages or 100% fruit juices during childhood on insulin resistance, central adiposity, and glycemic outcomes in late adolescence.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Factors and pathways influencing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among children in middle childhood: a cross-sectional survey of 1,127 third-grade students in Beijing.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Sugar-sweetened beverages and water intake among Indigenous youth in the United States and Canada: a scoping review of interventions.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
- Making evidence go further: Advancing synergy between agent-based modeling and randomized control trials.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Childhood Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption: an Agent-Based Model of Context-Specific Reduction Efforts.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundA strong body of evidence links young children's intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) with myriad negative outcomes.
objectivesOur research provides insight into whether and to what extent potential intervention strategies can reduce young children's consumption of SSBs.
methodsWe built an agent-based model (ABM) of SSB consumption representing participants in the Project Viva longitudinal study between ages 2 and 7 y. In addition to extensive data from Project Viva, our model used nationally representative data as well as recent, high-quality literature. We tested the explanatory power of the model through comparison to consumption patterns observed in the Project Viva cohort. Then, we applied the model to simulate the potential impact of interventions that would reduce SSB availability in 1 or more settings or affect how families receive and respond to pediatrician advice.
resultsOur model produced age-stratified trends in beverage consumption that closely match those observed in Project Viva cohort data. Among the potential interventions we simulated, reducing availability in the home-where young children spend the greatest amount of time-resulted in the largest consumption decrease. Removing access to all SSBs in the home resulted in them consuming 1.23 (95% CI: 1.21, 1.24) fewer servings of SSBs per week on average between the ages of 2 and 7 y, a reduction of ∼60%. By comparison, removing all SSB availability outside of the home (i.e., in schools and childcare) had a smaller impact (0.77; CI: 0.75, 0.78), a reduction of ∼40%.
conclusionsThese results suggest that interventions reducing SSB availability in the home would have the strongest effects on SSB consumption.
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