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August 21, 2025Current Nutrition & Food Science

Sweet Taste Preference, Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Consumption, and Obesity in Elementary School Children

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SPSheila Amara PutriYBYasmin Halim BahasuanFFFarapti Farapti

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Overview

Cross-sectional study finds increased SSB and sugar intake correlates with obesity in elementary school children, highlighting dietary influences.

Key Points

  • Excessive sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is significantly associated with childhood obesity, particularly from SSBs.
  • Statistical analysis revealed that total sugar intake showed a strong correlation with obesity rates among participants.
  • The cross-sectional design involved 129 elementary school children, utilizing multiple dietary and activity assessment methods for data collection.
  • These findings imply that interventions targeting SSB consumption could effectively combat the rising rates of childhood obesity.

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Putri et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af73637567bf4f94fed2bahttps://doi.org/10.2174/0115734013391479250811112757
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