TY - JOUR
T1 - Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in Adults
T2 - Evidence from a National Health Survey in Peru
AU - Guzman-Vilca, Wilmer Cristobal
AU - Yovera-Juarez, Edwin Arturo
AU - Tarazona-Meza, Carla
AU - García-Larsen, Vanessa
AU - Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: R.M.C.-L. is supported by a Wellcome Trust International Training Fellowship (214185/Z/18/Z) between 2019–2022. C.T.-M. is supported by the D43-funded Fogarty Research training in Chronic, Non-Communicable Respiratory Diseases in Peru (PulmPERU) training grant (D43TW011502) between 2021–2025.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022/2/1
Y1 - 2022/2/1
N2 - High consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) is associated with a high risk of non-communicable diseases. Evidence of SSB consumption is needed to inform SSB-related policies, especially in countries with a high consumption, such as Peru. Using data from Peru’s National Health Survey conducted in 2017–2018, the consumption of homemade and ready-to-drink SSB was estimated from a single 24 h dietary recall, accounting for socio-demographic and health-related variables. Regression models were fitted to assess which variables were linked to a high/low SSB consumption. There were 913 people and mean age was 37.7 years (95% confidence interval (CI): 36.9–38.6). Mean consumption (8 oz servings/day) of homemade SSB (1.2) doubled that of ready-to-drink SSB (0.5). The intake of homemade and ready-to-drink SSB was higher in men (1.3 and 0.7) than women (1.1 and 0.3). The intake of ready-to-drink SSB was higher in urban (0.6) compared to rural (0.2) populations. People aware of having diabetes had a lower consumption of both ready-to-drink (0.9 vs. 0.4) and homemade SSB (1.3 vs. 0.8) than those unaware of having diabetes. Male sex and living in urban locations were associated with higher ready-to-drink SSB intake. Older age was associated with a higher intake of homemade SSB. Amongst Peruvian adults, the consumption of SSB products (particularly homemade) remains high. Population-wide interventions should also aim to improve awareness of the nutritional components of homemade beverages.
AB - High consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) is associated with a high risk of non-communicable diseases. Evidence of SSB consumption is needed to inform SSB-related policies, especially in countries with a high consumption, such as Peru. Using data from Peru’s National Health Survey conducted in 2017–2018, the consumption of homemade and ready-to-drink SSB was estimated from a single 24 h dietary recall, accounting for socio-demographic and health-related variables. Regression models were fitted to assess which variables were linked to a high/low SSB consumption. There were 913 people and mean age was 37.7 years (95% confidence interval (CI): 36.9–38.6). Mean consumption (8 oz servings/day) of homemade SSB (1.2) doubled that of ready-to-drink SSB (0.5). The intake of homemade and ready-to-drink SSB was higher in men (1.3 and 0.7) than women (1.1 and 0.3). The intake of ready-to-drink SSB was higher in urban (0.6) compared to rural (0.2) populations. People aware of having diabetes had a lower consumption of both ready-to-drink (0.9 vs. 0.4) and homemade SSB (1.3 vs. 0.8) than those unaware of having diabetes. Male sex and living in urban locations were associated with higher ready-to-drink SSB intake. Older age was associated with a higher intake of homemade SSB. Amongst Peruvian adults, the consumption of SSB products (particularly homemade) remains high. Population-wide interventions should also aim to improve awareness of the nutritional components of homemade beverages.
KW - Adults
KW - Diabetes
KW - Latin America
KW - Obesity
KW - Peru
KW - SSB
KW - Sugar-sweetened beverages
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123527388&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85123527388&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/nu14030582
DO - 10.3390/nu14030582
M3 - Article
C2 - 35276941
AN - SCOPUS:85123527388
SN - 2072-6643
VL - 14
JO - Nutrients
JF - Nutrients
IS - 3
M1 - 582
ER -