a scientific study indicates that intake of sugary beverages is not associated with increased risk of overweight in children.
-no there have been differences in the consumption of sugary drinks among children who had a normal weight and those who were overweight.
Madrid, July of 2011- recent research conducted by scientists from Portugal and United Kingdom, emphasizes that there is no evidence between the intake of sugary drinks and overweight in children of the Mediterranean countries. This study, entitled Sugar-sweetened beverage intake and overweight in children from a mediterranean country. It has been published in the prestigious scientific journal Public Health Nutrition.
research has analyzed a sample of 1675 Portuguese children aged between 5 and 10 years. The aim has been to assess the association between the consumption of sugary drinks and overweight children in a country Mediterranean.
the results of the study, recently published in the scientific journal Public Health Nutrition, have been clear that there have been differences in the consumption of sugary drinks among children who had a normal weight and those who were overweight. To this end, the study was based on a semicuantitativo questionnaire in which we collected data on the frequency of food consumption, and allowing to calculate the index of Corporal mass (IMC) of the school. In addition, scientists established a prevalence of overweight and obesity of 36.6% in girls and 28.8 per cent in children.
research authors have stressed that their findings suggest that the fact of reducing or eliminating the consumption of sugary beverages will not have a large effect on the distribution of the BMI of the children ”. However, pointed out that dietary advice and nutritional education must clearly communicate only sweetened beverages should be consumed in moderation as part of a balanced diet, especially for those children who are overweight or risk of having it, because these beverages are a source of energy ”.
in this regard, a previous cross-sectional study, known as Studio oat ” and published by Spanish scientists in the journal „ nutrition Hospitalaria‟, also confirms these conclusions now, and indicates not found no relationship between the intake of sugary drinks and the circumference of the waist, calculating body fat or IMC.
obesity, treatment multifactorial.
obesity is due to an imbalance between the consumed energy and the worn in a certain period of time. Although the concept seems simple, research suggests the need to better understand the complex and multifactorial nature of obesity. In this regard, the recent scientific review titled multidisciplinary treatment of Pediatric obesity: valuation and nutritional management ”, published in the journal „ Nutrition in Clinical Practice‟, concludes that you for a proper evaluation and treatment of childhood obesity is essential to adopt a multifactorial approach includes from nutritional patterns to physical activity, paying special attention to the family and other environmental factors that may also have an important influence in the equation of balance energy.
this review, which analysed the current recommendations for assessing and treating child obesity points out that both dietitians, nutritionists, specialists of the exercise and education experts are the fundamental basis for developing a strategy of integral of obesity treatment
