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Factors associated with high consumption of soft drinks among Australian secondary-school students.

Maree ScullyBelinda MorleyPhilippa NivenDavid CrawfordIain S PrattMelanie Wakefield
Published in: Public health nutrition (2017)
High soft drink consumption clusters with other unhealthy lifestyle behaviours among Australian secondary-school students. Interventions focused on reducing the availability of soft drinks (e.g. increased taxes, restricting their sale in schools) as well as improved education on their harms are needed to lower adolescents' soft drink intake.
Keyphrases
  • physical activity
  • young adults
  • metabolic syndrome
  • cardiovascular disease
  • weight loss
  • type diabetes
  • quality improvement
  • body mass index