Exploring Sugary Drink Consumption and Perceptions among Primary-School-Aged Children and Parents in Australia
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2024-10-01
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Nutrients
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Talati, Z., Charlesworth, J., Mackenzie, K., McAlpine, T., Myers, G., Miller, C., Dana, L. M., O’Connor, M., Mullan, B. A. & Dixon, H. G. (2024). Exploring Sugary Drink Consumption and Perceptions among Primary-School-Aged Children and Parents in Australia. Nutrients, 16 (19), https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16193320.
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BACKGROUND: Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) account for a significant proportion of sugar in the diet of children and are directly associated with obesity in this group. While there have been many studies on adolescent SSB consumption, few studies have examined the predictors of SSB consumption in primary-school-aged children. The aim of this study was to understand the degree to which a child's consumption across a range of beverages is influenced by their own attitudes and by their parents' attitudes and parents' consumption behaviours. METHODS: A survey of 1611 Australian parent-child dyads asked children (aged 4-11) and their parents to rate a variety of drinks in terms of healthiness, taste, and cost and indicate the amount of these drinks consumed in a typical week. Zero-inflated regression analyses were conducted to identify the strength of association between children's weekly beverage consumption, their perceptions of each beverage, their parents' perceptions, and their parents' weekly beverage consumption. RESULTS: Parental consumption of a specific beverage was the strongest predictor of child consumption of that beverage, more so than the children's perceptions of the beverage. CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide insights for developing parent and child education programmes to reduce SSB consumption.