Table. Individual-Level Analysis of the Association Between Daily Soft Drink Consumption and Overweight and Obesity Among School-Going Adolescentsa,b.
| Variable | No. of obese and overweight cases/total No. of students (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value for interaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 86 338/405 528 (21.3%) | 1.14 (1.08-1.21) | 0.28 |
| With soft drink taxes | 31 461/131 439 (23.9%) | 1.09 (1.01-1.18) | |
| Without soft drink taxes | 54 877/274 089 (20.0%) | 1.15 (1.08-1.23) |
a
Adjusted for age, sex, daily fruit consumption, daily vegetable consumption, physical activity, implementation of soft drink taxes (for the overall analysis), country income groups, and year of data collection.
b
Data are from the Global School-Based Student Health Survey (2009-2017), the European Health Behavior in School-Aged Children study (2017-2018), and the US Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2019).