title: Association of beverage consumption with obesity in Mexican American children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the association of beverage consumption with obesity in Mexican American school-aged children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study using the baseline data from a cohort study. Mothers and children answered questions about the frequency and quantity of the child's consumption of soda, diet soda, other sugar-sweetened beverages, 100% fruit juice, milk and water. The questions were adapted from the Youth/Adolescent FFQ. Children were weighed and measured. Data were collected on the following potential confounders: maternal BMI, household income, maternal education, maternal occupational status, maternal acculturation, child physical activity, child screen time and child fast-food consumption. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between servings (240 ml) of each beverage per week and obesity (BMI ≥ 95th percentile).
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were recruited from among enrolees of the Kaiser Permanente Health Plan of Northern California. Data were collected via an in-home assessment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mexican American children (n 319) aged 8-10 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among participants, 20% were overweight and 31% were obese. After controlling for potential confounders, consuming more servings of soda was associated with increased odds of obesity (OR = 1·29; P < 0·001). Consuming more servings of flavoured milk per week was associated with lower odds of obesity (OR = 0·88; P = 0·004). Consumption of other beverages was not associated with obesity in the multivariate model.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Discouraging soda consumption among Mexican American children may help reduce the high obesity rates in this population.
authors: 1 Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California Street - Suite 245, Box 0503, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
authors: Amy L
authors: AL
authors: Beck
authors: 2 Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Jeanne
authors: J
authors: Tschann
authors: 3 Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors: Nancy F
authors: NF
authors: Butte
authors: 2 Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Penilla
authors: 4 Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Louise C
authors: LC
authors: Greenspan
mesh_terms: D001628:Beverages; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors