Table 1.
Baseline description of the study population by exposure (sweetened beverage and snack consumption): children from the younger cohort of the Young Lives cohort study in Peru, who participated in the third (2009; considered baseline in the current analysis) and the fourth (2013; follow-up) rounds
| Sweetened beverage consumption | Snack consumption | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n 1813) | Never (n 233) | Up to every 2 weeks (n 577) | 2–6 times per week (n 944) | Daily (n 59) | Never (n 363) | Up to every 2 weeks (n 577) | 2–6 times per week (n 944) | Daily (n 71) | ||
| Variable | n | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Female | 892 | 49·2 | 48·5 | 48·4 | 49·5 | 55·9 | 50·1 | 46·8 | 50·5 | 46·5 |
| Male | 921 | 50·8 | 51·5 | 51·6 | 50·5 | 44·1 | 49·9 | 53·2 | 49·5 | 53·5 |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 7 years | 973 | 53·7 | 54·9 | 50·4 | 55·1 | 55·9 | 55·1 | 53·4 | 54·3 | 40·9 |
| 8 years | 840 | 46·3 | 45·1 | 49·6 | 44·8 | 44·1 | 44·9 | 46·6 | 45·7 | 59·2 |
| Wealth index | ||||||||||
| Low | 601 | 33·3 | 57·1 | 40·7 | 23·3 | 22·0 | 55·9 | 32·7 | 24·9 | 18·3 |
| Middle | 598 | 33·4 | 28·8 | 30·5 | 35·7 | 30·5 | 28·9 | 31·6 | 35·1 | 39·4 |
| High | 614 | 33·3 | 14·2 | 28·8 | 41·0 | 47·5 | 15·2 | 35·7 | 40·0 | 42·3 |
| Physical activity | ||||||||||
| None/week | 169 | 9·3 | 14·6 | 6·6 | 9·7 | 10·2 | 13·2 | 7·5 | 9·2 | 4·2 |
| 1–3 d/week | 865 | 47·7 | 41·6 | 52·3 | 46·6 | 45·8 | 43·8 | 54·0 | 45·9 | 43·7 |
| 4–6 d/week | 181 | 10·0 | 11·6 | 10·6 | 9·4 | 6·8 | 9·9 | 10·5 | 10·3 | 2·8 |
| 7 d/week | 597 | 33·0 | 32·2 | 30·5 | 34·4 | 37·3 | 33·1 | 28·0 | 34·6 | 49·3 |
| Mother’s BMI | ||||||||||
| Overweight | 1108 | 66·1 | 53·1 | 63·6 | 70·0 | 72·2 | 59·2 | 69·4 | 66·5 | 71·6 |
| Child BMI | ||||||||||
| Overweight | 399 | 22·0 | 14·6 | 20·5 | 24·5 | 27·1 | 11·6 | 22·6 | 26·6 | 16·9 |
| Child waist circumference | ||||||||||
| Mean | 60·7 | 59·3 | 60·7 | 60·9 | 61·5 | 58·9 | 60·7 | 61·4 | 61·8 | |
| sd | 6·2 | 5·0 | 6·3 | 6·3 | 6·8 | 4·8 | 6·2 | 6·5 | 6·4 | |
Results may not add due to missing values.