Five-Year Longitudinal and Secular Shifts in Adolescent Beverage Intake: Findings from Project EAT (Eating Among Teens)-II

Abstract Detailed research examining concurrent longitudinal and secular changes in adolescent beverage intake is not currently available, particularly since the year 2000. This study's objective was to evaluate these trends in beverage intake in a large, diverse adolescent cohort. Project EAT...

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Published in:Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2009-02, Vol.109 (2), p.308-312
Main Authors: Nelson, Melissa C., PhD, RD, Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne, PhD, RD, Hannan, Peter J., MStat, Story, Mary, PhD, RD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology
adolescents
age
Age Distribution
Alcoholic Beverages - statistics & numerical data
Animals
Beverages
Beverages - statistics & numerical data
boys
Carbonated Beverages - statistics & numerical data
Child
coffee (beverage)
Cohort Studies
Diet - trends
Diet Surveys
dietary surveys
Dietetics
Feeding Behavior
Female
food choices
food frequency questionnaires
food intake
fruit juices
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
gender differences
girls
Health Behavior
Humans
Internal Medicine
Longitudinal Studies
Male
milk
Milk - statistics & numerical data
Nutritive Value
Project EAT-II
Sex Distribution
soft drinks
sugar-sweetened beverages
Surveys and Questionnaires
tea (beverage)
Teenagers
temporal variation
Trends
United States
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Summary:Abstract Detailed research examining concurrent longitudinal and secular changes in adolescent beverage intake is not currently available, particularly since the year 2000. This study's objective was to evaluate these trends in beverage intake in a large, diverse adolescent cohort. Project EAT (Eating Among Teens)-II is a 5-year longitudinal study (n=2,516) including two cohorts, which allows for the observation of longitudinal changes from early to mid-adolescence (junior high to high school) and from mid- to late adolescence (high school to post high school). Project EAT-II also examined secular trends in adolescent health behavior from 1999-2004 in mid-adolescence. Daily beverage servings were assessed using the Youth and Adolescent Food Frequency Questionnaire. Longitudinal findings indicate that intake of soda and sugar-sweetened beverages (including soda, sweetened iced teas, and fruit drinks) increased significantly among younger males, and alcohol increased across all groups ( P
ISSN:0002-8223
2212-2672
1878-3570
2212-2680
DOI:10.1016/j.jada.2008.10.043