title: Obesity, socio-demographic and attitudinal factors associated with sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: Australian evidence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore factors associated with sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption in Australia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pooled data from Western Australian (WA) and South Australian (SA) 2009 and 2012 nutrition monitoring survey series interviews of 2,832 WA and 10,764 SA adults aged 18 to 64 years. Demographic data were collected and independent samples t-test, analysis of variance, multiple logistic regression performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Obese participants were more likely to consume SSB than healthy weight participants (SA: OR=1.77; 95% CI 1.56-2.02; WA: OR=1.53; 1.05-2.24). SA obese participants consumed more SSB per day (152.0 mL; 140.7-163.5) than healthy weight (80.1 mL; 73.2-88.2; p<0.001) and overweight participants (106.9 mL; 99.0, 114.8; p<0.001). Males were more likely to consume SSB than females (SA: OR 1.80; 1.35-2.40; WA: 1.81; 1.64-2.00). WA participants who didn't think about the healthiness of food (4.55; 2.71-7.64) and bought meals away from home the day prior (1.55; 1.15-2.09) were more likely to consume SSB. SA adults rating their health highest were less likely to consume SSB (0.62; 0.54-0.72).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SSB consumers are more likely to be male, have little interest in health, or have purchased a meal away from home.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Increasing awareness of the adverse health effects of consumption may be a first step in curbing SSB intake.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Curtin University, Western Australia.|Department of Health, Government of Western Australia.
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pollard
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Curtin University, Western Australia.|School of Medicine, Flinders University, South Australia.
authors.forename: Xingqiong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship, South Australia.
authors.forename: Gilly A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Hendrie
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Curtin University, Western Australia.
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hendrie
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Government of Western Australia.
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.affiliation: Cancer Council Western Australia.
authors.forename: Iain S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Curtin University, Western Australia.
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Curtin University, Western Australia.
authors.forename: Jane A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001628:Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects; D002253:Carbonated Beverages; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D015430:Weight Gain; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D013549:Sweetening Agents
keywords: association; obesity; population; soft drink; sugar sweetened beverages