Background The rising prevalence of obesity in children has been linked in part to the
consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks. Our aim was to examine this relation. Methods We
enrolled 548 ethnically diverse schoolchildren (age 11· 7 years, SD 0· 8) from public schools
in four Massachusetts communities, and studied them prospectively for 19 months from
October, 1995, to May, 1997. We examined the association between baseline and change in
consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks (the independent variables), and difference in …

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