Soda Consumption and Overweight Status of 2-Year-Old Mexican-American Children in California [2006-11 (OR)]

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• Personal Author:
  Bradman A ; Eskenazi B ; Harley K ; Vargas G ; Warner ML
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of overweight in United States children, 2 to 5 years old, has increased 2-fold since 1975, with the highest prevalence in Mexican Americans. The objective of this study was to determine the association between current soda consumption and overweight in 2-year-old Mexican-American children. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: The Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas study is a longitudinal study of the health of low-income Latino pregnant women and their children living in the Salinas Valley, CA. Six hundred pregnant women were enrolled (October 1999 to October 2000), and their children were followed until 2 years of age. This cross-sectional analysis includes the 354 children who completed the 2-year follow-up interview. Standing height (centimeters) and weight (grams) were measured at 2 years. Overweight was defined as > or =95th percentile of the sex-specific BMI for each child's age. RESULTS: Fifty-five (15.5%) children were overweight. Over half (56%) reported consuming any soda in the last week. After covariate adjustment, compared with no soda consumption, <1 soda/d was not related to overweight (adjusted odds ratio, 0.97; 95% confidence interval, 0.47, 1.99), but > or =1 soda/d was significantly associated with overweight (adjusted odds ratio, 3.39; 95% confidence interval, 1.43, 8.07), and the test for trend was significant (p = 0.02). DISCUSSION: At 2 years of age, the prevalence of overweight among the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas cohort is higher than the national prevalence estimate for Mexican-American 2- to 5-year-old children and is significantly associated with current soda consumption. Interventions to reduce consumption of soda in young Mexican-American children should be considered. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Biological-monitoring Children Humans Risk-analysis Risk-factors Weight-factors
• ISSN:
  1071-7323
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031608
• Citation:
  Obes Res 2006 Nov; 14(11):1966-1974
• Contact Point Address:
  Center for Children's Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health, University of California, 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 600, Berkeley, CA 94720-7380
• Email:
  mwarner@berkeley.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Obesity Research
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1b60b8b04327db0d85fbb3eb7329d58b6ffac23f10e2f51596201a031453fae21e58da39c724dd06996610c514081490c29c403a6c47af6c8c5c71e2d5f65df6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185853/cdc_185853_DS1.pdf
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