TY  - JOUR
TI  - Contribution of beverages to daily added sugar intake: compliance with guidelines’ recommendations
AB  - Aim: Beverages that contribute significantly to the daily added sugar intakes are reported to cause increased health problems such as obesity as long as their consumption is not limited. The aim of this study is to estimate added sugar intake from beverages. Material and Method: This cross-sectional descriptive study conducted on 837 adults aged between 18-65 years. A questionnaire including questions about general socio-demographic characteristics (gender, occupation, income status, age, education) was applied. The beverage consumption within previous month was questioned using a beverage frequency questionnaire. The weight and height of the individuals were measured. Results: In the present study, the mean added sugar intake from beverages was 13.1±17.6 g/day. Fruit drinks and caloric sodas had the highest contributions to daily added sugar intake, followed by sweetened tea and coffee. It was found that 11.95% and 9.68% of participants exceeded the recommendation of the American Heart Association and World Health Organization, respectively. Conclusion: Sugar sweetened beverages are significant contributors to daily added sugar intake in Turkish population. Therefore, decreasing the consumption of sugar sweetened beverages should be main public health implementation to avoid the negative health outcomes including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases that may occur in the future.
AU  - Mortaş, Hande
AU  - BILICI, SANIYE
DO  - 10.32322/jhsm.941938
PY  - 2021
JO  - Journal of  health sciences and medicine (Online)
VL  - 4
IS  - 5
SN  - 2636-8579
SP  - 598
EP  - 603
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1154555
ER  -