Soft Drink Consumption Patterns Among Western Australians 西澳大利亚的软饮料消费模式.pdf

Research Article Soft Drink Consumption Patterns Among Western Australians 1 2 3 Sarah French, MPH ; Michael Rosenberg, PhD ; Lisa Wood, PhD ; 4 5 6 Clover Maitland, PGradDip ; Trevor Shilton, MHP ; Iain S. Pratt, PGradDip ; Peter Buzzacott, PhD4 ABSTRACT Objective: To examine soft drink consumption across age, gender, socioeconomic, and body weight status groups within an adolescent and adult population. Design: Cross-sectional telephone survey. Participants: Western Australian residents (n ¼ 1,015) aged 16–65 years, selected through random dialing. Variables Measured: Frequency and quantity of sugar-sweetened and diet soft drinks consumption, sociodemographic characteristics. Analysis: 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 con- sumed 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 d