title: Sweets and sugar-sweetened soft drink intake in childhood in relation to adult BMI and overweight. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the associations of BMI and overweight in adulthood with consumption of sweets and sugar-sweetened soft drinks in childhood and with the change in consumption between childhood and adulthood.
  
  
  METHODS
  Longitudinal 21-year follow-up study of Finnish children and adolescents from childhood to adulthood.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, comprising participants from both eastern and western Finland.
  
  
  METHODS
  Boys (n 967) and girls (n 1172) aged 3-18 years at baseline in 1980.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The increase in consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks from childhood to adulthood was directly associated with BMI in adulthood in women (b = 0.45, P = 0.0001) but not in men. In women, BMI increased by 0.45 kg/m2 for every 10-unit increase per month. Consumption of sweets and sugar-sweetened soft drinks in childhood and adolescence was not associated with BMI in adulthood. The change in consumption of sweets was not associated with BMI in adulthood. The increase in the consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks from childhood to adulthood was associated with being overweight (OR = 1.90, 95 % CI 1.38, 2.61) in women, but not in men. No association was found between overweight (BMI >or= 25 kg/m2) in adulthood and consumption of sweets in childhood or the change in consumption from childhood to adulthood.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We conclude that direct associations exist between adulthood overweight and BMI and an increase in consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks in women. Thus sugar-sweetened soft drinks consumption may be important when considering weight management in women.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, PO Box 30, FIN-00271 Helsinki, Finland. Katja.Nissinen@thl.fi
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nissinen
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mikkilä
authors.forename: Satu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Männistö
authors.forename: Marjaana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lahti-Koski
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Räsänen
authors.forename: Jorma
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Viikari
authors.forename: Olli T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Raitakari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002253:Carbonated Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards; D004034:Diet Surveys; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000209:etiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose