title: Soft drink consumption in Sri Lankan adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the factors associated with sugar-sweetened soft drink consumption in adolescents from Sri Lanka.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study where the data were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  Government, private and international schools in the Colombo district of Sri Lanka.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adolescents aged 17 years attending sixty-five schools.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall 82 % consumed sugar-sweetened soft drinks once weekly or more often, while 77 % and 48 % consumed sugar-sweetened carbonated drinks and sugar-sweetened fruit drinks once weekly or more often. Being a boy (OR = 1·44; 95 % CI 1·02, 2·03), attending a private/international school (OR = 4·12; 95 % CI 1·94, 8·75), mother's level of education (OR = 1·53; 95 % CI 1·03, 2·28) and father's occupation (middle level: OR = 2·39; 95 % CI 1·63, 3·52; upper level: OR = 2·48; 95 % CI 1·35, 4·56) were independently associated with the consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of adolescents in this sample consumed sugar-sweetened beverages once weekly or more often. It was evident that some sociodemographic factors were associated with the consumption of these drinks.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oral Health, Maharagama, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: Nilantha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ratnayake
authors.forename: Lilani
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ekanayake
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002253:Carbonated Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013188:Sri Lanka; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose