Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries
File version
Version of Record (VoR)
Author(s)
Micha, R
Cudhea, F
Miller, V
Shi, P
Zhang, J
Sharib, JR
Erndt-Marino, J
Cash, SB
Mozaffarian, D
Bas, M
Ali, JH
Abumweis, S
Krishnan, A
Misra, P
et al.
Griffith University Author(s)
Primary Supervisor
Other Supervisors
Editor(s)
Date
Size
File type(s)
Location
Abstract
Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are associated with cardiometabolic diseases and social inequities. For most nations, recent estimates and trends of intake are not available; nor variation by education or urbanicity. We investigated SSB intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries, stratified subnationally by age, sex, education, and rural/urban residence, using data from the Global Dietary Database. In 2018, mean global SSB intake was 2.7 (8 oz = 248 grams) servings/week (95% UI 2.5-2.9) (range: 0.7 (0.5-1.1) in South Asia to 7.8 (7.1-8.6) in Latin America/Caribbean). Intakes were higher in male vs. female, younger vs. older, more vs. less educated, and urban vs. rural adults. Variations by education and urbanicity were largest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Between 1990 and 2018, SSB intakes increased by +0.37 (+0.29, +0.47), with the largest increase in Sub-Saharan Africa. These findings inform intervention, surveillance, and policy actions worldwide, highlighting the growing problem of SSBs for public health in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Journal Title
Nature Communications
Conference Title
Book Title
Edition
Volume
14
Issue
Thesis Type
Degree Program
School
Publisher link
Patent number
Funder(s)
Grant identifier(s)
Rights Statement
Rights Statement
© The Author(s) 2023. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Item Access Status
Note
Access the data
Related item(s)
Subject
Nutrition and dietetics
Persistent link to this record
Citation
Lara-Castor, L; Micha, R; Cudhea, F; Miller, V; Shi, P; Zhang, J; Sharib, JR; Erndt-Marino, J; Cash, SB; Mozaffarian, D; Bas, M; Ali, JH; Abumweis, S; Krishnan, A; Misra, P; et al., Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries, Nature Communications, 2023, 14, pp. 5957