Health behavior patterns of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among Brazilian adolescents in a nationally representative school-based study
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Jan 14, 2021
Rocha LL, Pessoa MC, Gratão LHA, et al. - Researchers intended to determine if there is a connection between health behavior patterns and the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among Brazilian adolescents from a nationally representative school-based study. The sample consisted of 71,553 adolescents aged 12–17 years who attended public and private schools in Brazilian cities. The authors discovered that the adoption of healthy eating habits decreased SSBs consumption in adolescents and modified the impact of physical activity on the same. Such findings illustrate the importance of adopting a set of regulatory measures to lessen SSBs consumption like the taxation of these drinks, prohibition of sales in and around schools, and increasing the availability of healthy beverages and foods in the school environment. The implementation of interventions in isolation, in order to resolve each risk factor individually, does not have the same impact as the broad interventions that recognize the severity of the issue.
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