title: Is the intake of sugar-containing beverages during adolescence related to adult weight status?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between the intake of sugar-containing beverages (SCB) at the age of 13 years and adult weight status 24–30 years later.
  
  
  METHODS
  A longitudinal study with 30 years of follow-up from adolescence (age 13 years in 1976) to adulthood (up to 2000 and 2006). Dietary intake was assessed through cross-check dietary history face-to-face interviews by a dietitian. Beverages were divided into two categories: (i) total SCB and (ii) SCB excluding 100% fruit juices. Percentage of total fat (%total fat) and percentage of trunk fat (%trunk fat) were obtained through dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements; body weight and height were measured by trained staff.
  
  
  METHODS
  Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study, the Netherlands.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and fourteen males and 124 females.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In males, but not in females, each additional daily serving of SCB excluding 100% fruit juices at 13 years was associated with 1?14% higher %total fat (95% CI 0?04, 2?23 %; P50?04) and 1?62% higher %trunk fat (95% CI 0?14, 3?10 %; P50?03) in adulthood after correction for confounders. No statistically significant relationship was found between the intake of SCB excluding 100% fruit juices at the age of 13 and BMI in both sexes. In addition, no statistically significant relationships were found between the intake of total SCB and all measures of adult weight status in both sexes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intake of SCB excluding 100% fruit juices at the age of 13 years was positively associated with adult %total fat and %trunk fat in males, but not in females.
authors: Department of Health Sciences and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Institute of Health Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 185, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors: Susanne P
authors: SP
authors: Stoof
authors: Jos W R
authors: JW
authors: Twisk
authors: Margreet R
authors: MR
authors: Olthof
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001628:Beverages / Q000032:analysis*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose