title: Sugar Sweetened Beverage Consumption among Primary School Students: Influence of the Schools' Vicinity.
abstract: The purpose of the research was to explore the associations between the characteristics of schools' vicinity and the risk of sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption in elementary students. Findings exposed an important variation in student's SSB consumption between schools. Schools with a lower socioeconomic status or in a densely built environment tend to have higher proportion of regular SSB drinkers. These characteristics of the school's vicinity partly explained the variation observed between them. We estimated that a student moving to a school with a higher proportion of SSB drinkers may increase his/her chances by 52% of becoming a daily consumer. Important changes in dietary preferences can occur when children are in contact with a new social environment. Findings also support the idea that dietary behaviors among children result from the complex interactions between biological, social, and environmental factors.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Land Management and Regional Planning, Laval University, 2325 Rue des Bibliothèques, Quebec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6; Evaluation Platform on Obesity Prevention, 2725 Chemin Sainte-Foy, Quebec, QC, Canada G1V 4G5.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6774-7633
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lebel
authors.affiliation: University of Sherbrooke, Faculty of Physical Activity Sciences, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada J1K 2R1.
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.affiliation: Quebec's National Institute of Public Health, 190 Boulevard Crémazie Est, Montréal, QC, Canada H2P 1E2.
authors.forename: Éric
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2955-3616
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Robitaille
authors.affiliation: Evaluation Platform on Obesity Prevention, 2725 Chemin Sainte-Foy, Quebec, QC, Canada G1V 4G5.
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lalonde
authors.affiliation: Evaluation Platform on Obesity Prevention, 2725 Chemin Sainte-Foy, Quebec, QC, Canada G1V 4G5; Quebec's National Institute of Public Health, 190 Boulevard Crémazie Est, Montréal, QC, Canada H2P 1E2.
authors.forename: Ramona
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Florina Fratu
authors.affiliation: Evaluation Platform on Obesity Prevention, 2725 Chemin Sainte-Foy, Quebec, QC, Canada G1V 4G5.
authors.forename: Sherri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bisset
mesh_terms: D001628:Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D004326:Drinking; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011792:Quebec; D012574:Schools; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013549:Sweetening Agents
chemical_list: D013549:Sweetening Agents