Association of Usual Sodium Intake with Obesity Among US Children and Adolescents, NHANES 2009-2016

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• Alternative Title:
  Obesity (Silver Spring)
• Personal Author:
  Zhao, Lixia ; Ogden, Cynthia L. ; Yang, Quanhe ; Jackson, Sandra L. ; Loria, Catherine M. ; Galuska, Deborah A. ; Wiltz, Jennifer L. ; Merritt, Robert ; Cogswell, Mary E.
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of sodium intake with obesity in US children and adolescents.
  
  Methods:
  
  Cross-sectional data were analyzed for 9,026 children and adolescents in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009-2016. Usual sodium intake was estimated from 24-hour dietary recalls using a measurement error model. Logistic regression was used to assess the association of sodium intake with overweight/obesity, obesity, and central obesity (waist to height ratio [WtHR] ≥ 0.5; waist circumferences (WC) ≥ age- and sex-specific 90th percentile).
  
  Results:
  
  Mean (SE) sodium intake was 3,010 (9) and 3,404 (20) mg/d for children and adolescents, respectively. The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) comparing Q4 versus Q1 (87.5th vs. 12.5th percentile of sodium intake) among children was 1.98 (95% CI: 1.19-3.28) for overweight/obesity, 2.20 (1.30-3.73) for obesity, 2.10 (1.12-3.95) for WC ≥ 90th percentile, and 1.68 (0.95-2.97) for WtHR ≥ 0.5, adjusting for demographics, energy, and sugar-sweetened beverage intake. Among adolescents, AOR was 1.81 (0.98-3.37) for overweight/obesity, 1.71 (0.82-3.56) for obesity, 1.62 (0.71-3.66) for WC ≥ 90th percentile, and 1.73 (0.85-3.50) for WtHR ≥ 0.5.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Sodium intake was positively associated with overweight/obesity, obesity, and central obesity among US children independent of energy and SSB intake, but the association did not reach significance among adolescents.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Body Mass Index Child Cross-Sectional Studies Feeding Behavior Female Food Preferences Humans Male Nutrition Surveys Obesity, Abdominal Overweight Pediatric Obesity Sodium, Dietary Waist Circumference Young Adult

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• Source:
  Obesity (Silver Spring). 29(3):587-594
• Pubmed ID:
  33528899
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9134125
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:c9d0762f6ad94e0f25ab5ae258ad6ffaca6e595edf68fc3d46a04144c9de2fd8
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/119192/cdc_119192_DS1.pdf
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