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Soft Drinks Consumption And Child Behaviour Problems: The Role Of Food Insecurity And Sleep Patterns, Christian King
Soft Drinks Consumption And Child Behaviour Problems: The Role Of Food Insecurity And Sleep Patterns, Christian King
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications
Objective: To examine whether the association between soft drinks consumption and child behaviour problems differs by food security status and sleep patterns in young children.
Design: Cross-sectional observational data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS), which collected information on food insecurity, soft drinks consumption, sleep patterns and child behaviour problems. Bivariate and multivariate ordinary least-squares regression analyses predicting child behaviour problems and accounting for socio-economic factors and household characteristics were performed.
Setting: Twenty urban cities in the USA with a population of 200 000 or more.
Subjects: Parental interviews of 2829 children who were about 5 years …