Ricciuto Laurie, Fulgoni Victor L, Gaine P Courtney, Scott Maria O, DiFrancesco Loretta
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Nutrition Impact, LLC, Battle Creek, MI, United States.
Front Nutr. 2021 Jun 17;8:687643. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.687643. eCollection 2021.
Recent estimates of added sugars intake among the U.S. population show intakes are above recommended levels. Knowledge about the sources of added sugars contributing to intakes is required to inform dietary guidance, and understanding how those sources vary across sociodemographic subgroups could also help to target guidance. The purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive update on sources of added sugars among the U.S. population, and to examine variations in sources according to sociodemographic factors. Regression analyses on intake data from NHANES 2011-18 were used to examine sources of added sugars intake among the full sample ( = 30,678) and among subsamples stratified by age, gender, ethnicity, and income. Results showed the majority of added sugars in the diet (61-66%) came from a few sources, and the top two sources were sweetened beverages and sweet bakery products, regardless of age, ethnicity, or income. Sweetened beverages, including soft drinks and fruit drinks, as well as tea, were the largest contributors to added sugars intake. There were some age-, ethnic-, and income-related differences in the relative contributions of added sugars sources, highlighting the need to consider sociodemographic contexts when developing dietary guidance or other supports for healthy eating.
近期对美国人群添加糖摄入量的估计表明,摄入量高于推荐水平。了解导致这些摄入量的添加糖来源,对于提供饮食指导很有必要,而了解这些来源在不同社会人口亚组中的差异,也有助于针对性地制定指导建议。本研究的目的是全面更新美国人群添加糖的来源,并根据社会人口因素研究来源的差异。利用2011 - 2018年美国国家健康与营养检查调查(NHANES)的摄入量数据进行回归分析,以研究整个样本(n = 30,678)以及按年龄、性别、种族和收入分层的子样本中添加糖的摄入来源。结果显示,饮食中大部分添加糖(61% - 66%)来自少数几种来源,无论年龄、种族或收入如何,前两大来源都是甜味饮料和甜味烘焙食品。包括软饮料、果汁饮料以及茶在内的甜味饮料,是添加糖摄入的最大贡献者。添加糖来源的相对贡献在年龄、种族和收入方面存在一些差异,这凸显了在制定饮食指导或其他健康饮食支持措施时考虑社会人口背景的必要性。