title: Soft drink consumption patterns among Western Australians.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine soft drink consumption across age, gender, socioeconomic, and body weight status groups within an adolescent and adult population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional telephone survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Western Australian residents (n = 1,015) aged 16-65 years, selected through random dialing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Frequency and quantity of sugar-sweetened and diet soft drinks consumption, sociodemographic characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Kruskal-Wallis test of association for non-parametric data was used to explore differences in quantity of soft drinks consumed. Logistic regression models used to explore type of soft drinks consumed by sociodemographic factors and weight status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A greater proportion of females consumed no soft drinks (29.2%) or diet soft drinks only (20.9%), compared with males (21.7% and 14.0%, respectively) (P < .05). The youngest (16-24 years) consumers of sugar-sweetened soft drinks consumed twice (median, 3 cups/wk) as much as the eldest (55-65 years) (1.5 cups/wk) (P < .05). Respondents classified as overweight or obese were 1.7 times more likely to drink both sugar-sweetened and diet soft drinks compared with other respondents (P = .02).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study identified a high prevalence of soft drink consumption within the population (74.5%). These results identify young people (16-24 years of age), as well as males, as population groups to target through public health interventions to reduce soft drink consumption.
authors.affiliation: School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Clover
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maitland
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shilton
authors.forename: Iain S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buzzacott
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002253:Carbonated Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
keywords: Australia; body mass index; carbonated beverage; soft drink; sugar-sweetened beverage