Correlates of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption of Malaysian preschoolers aged 3 to 6 years

Foo LH; Lee YH; Suhaida CY; Hills AP

doi:10.1186/s12889-020-08461-7

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Correlates of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption of Malaysian preschoolers aged 3 to 6 years

Foo LH ¹ , Lee YH ² , Suhaida CY ² , Hills AP ³

Affiliations

¹ Programme of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. lhfoo2012@gmail.com
² Programme of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
³ School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Newnham, Launceston, TAS, 7250, Australia

BMC Public Health, 2020 Apr 25;20(1):552.

PMID: 32334561 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-08461-7

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is little information about the diet, lifestyle and parental characteristics associated with habitual sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption in Asian children. The aim of the present study was to assess cross-sectional associations between habitual SSB consumption and preschoolers' diet, physical activity, sedentary behaviour as well as parental and child characteristics in Malaysian preschoolers aged 3 to 6 y.

METHODS: A total of 590 preschoolers, comprising 317 boys and 273 girls were included. Pre-pilot parental questionnaires were used to assess diet, physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour practices and anthropometry was assessed in preschoolers and their parents.

RESULTS: Multiple logistic regression analyses showed that preschoolers with more frequent weekly intake of snacks [OR 2.7; 95% CI, 1.6-4.4; p

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