(27-09-09)Beverage intake of girls at age 5 ydicts adiposity and weight status in childhood and adolescence1,2,3

Laura M Fiorito, Michele Marini, Lori A Francis, Helen Smiciklas-Wright and Leann L Birch

1 From the Center for Childhood Obesity Research (LMF, MM, and LLB), the Department of Nutritional Sciences, (LMF and HS-W), the Department of Biobehavioral Health (LAF), and the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and the Graduate Program in Nutrition, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (LLB).
2 Supported in part by NIH grant no. RO1 HD32973 and no. M01 RR10732; by The National Dairy Council; by services provided by the General Clinical Research Center; and by the Diet Assessment Center of The Pennsylvania State University.
3 Address reprint requests to LL Birch, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, 129 Noll Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802. E-mail: [email protected] . Address correspondence to LM Fiorito, Center for Childhood Obesity Research, 129 Noll Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. E-mail: [email protected] .
Background: Increased consumption of sweetened beverage has been linked to higher energy intake and adiposity in childhood.
Objective: The objective was to assess whether beverage intake at age 5 y predicted energy intake, adiposity, and weight status across childhood and adolescence.
Design: Participants were part of a longitudinal study of non-Hispanic white girls and their parents (n = 170) who were assessed biennially from age 5 to 15 y. At each assessment, beverage intake (milk, fruit juice, and sweetened beverages) and energy intake were assessed by using three 24-h recalls. Percentage body fat and waist circumference were measured. Height and weight were measured and used to calculate body mass index. Multiple regression analyses were used to predict the girls? adiposity. In addition, at age 5 y, girls were categorized as consuming <1, 1 and <2, or 2 servings of sweetened beverages. A mixed modeling approach was used to assess longitudinal differences and patterns of change in sweetened beverage and energy intake, adiposity, and weight status by frequency of sweetened beverage intake.
Results: Sweetened beverage intake at age 5 y, but not milk or fruit juice intake, was positively associated with adiposity from age 5 to 15 y. Greater consumption of sweetened beverages at age 5 y ( 2 servings/d) was associated with a higher percentage body fat, waist circumference, and weight status from age 5 to 15 y.
Conclusion: These findings provide new longitudinal evidence that early intake of sweetened beverages predicts adiposity and weight status across childhood and adolescence.

Source: Journal of Clinical Nutrition, doi:10.3945/ajcn.2009.27623
Vol. 90, No. 4, 935-942, October 2009

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