Journal article
Factors associated with high consumption of soft drinks among Australian secondary-school students
M Scully, B Morley, P Niven, D Crawford, IS Pratt, M Wakefield
Public Health Nutrition | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2017
Abstract
Objective To examine demographic and behavioural correlates of high consumption of soft drinks (non-alcoholic sugar-sweetened carbonated drinks excluding energy drinks) among Australian adolescents and to explore the associations between high consumption and soft drink perceptions and accessibility. Design Cross-sectional self-completion survey and height and weight measurements. Setting Australian secondary schools. Subjects Students aged 12-17 years participating in the 2012-13 National Secondary Students' Diet and Activity (NaSSDA) survey (n 7835). Results Overall, 14 % of students reported consuming four or more cups (≥1 litres) of soft drinks each week ('high soft drink consumers'). Dem..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The NaSSDA survey was jointly funded by State Cancer Councils through Cancer Council Australia, the National Heart Foundation of Australia, and the State and Territory Government Health Departments. M.W. is supported by a Principal Research Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council. The funders had no role in the design, analysis or writing of this article.