title: [Fluid intake and overweight risk in children].
abstract: The global prevalence of overweight and obesity in children is growing. A number of eating patterns have been associated with different risks of overweight. Sugar sweetened beverages have received considerable attention as potential sources of energy in liquid form that could be responsible for body weight gain.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Evaluate the association between fluid intake and overweight in schoolchildren.
  
  
  METHODS
  The final sample of the study includes 1675 children schools between 5 and 10 years old, after excluding dietary misreporting and questionnaires with incomplete information. After parental written consent, children's height and weight were measured according to international standards, and body mass index was calculated. The definition of overweight was based on average centiles according to the International Obesity Task Force cutoffs. We administered a questionnaire to parents that included information about physical activity, dietary intake (food frequency questionnaire that included information on milk, vegetable soup, cola, ice-tea and other sugar-sweetened beverages) and socio-demographic information. Adjusted odds ratios were computed using logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found a high prevalence of overweight (including obesity) being 36,6% for girls, and 38,8% for boys. In girls the probability of being overweight increased significantly for those having low consumption of vegetable soup (equal or lower tan the median) compared to those with high consumption (higher than the median), even after adjusting for confounders (OR = 0,68, CI 95% 0,48-0,96, p = 0,030). We didn't find any significant association between sugar sweetened beverages and milk intake with overweight in both genders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In girls, high vegetable soup consumption significantly decreased the probability of being overweight, independently of other characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação da Universidade do Porto, Porto.
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bessa
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: Tânia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.forename: Patrícia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Padrão
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moreira
mesh_terms: D001628:Beverages; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors