date:Oct 31, 2012
dded schools and families may be able to successfully focus on these modifiable risk factors, decreasing the burden of childhood obesity.
The study, Predictors for Persistent Overweight, Deteriorated Weight and Improved Weight Status During 18 Months in a School-Based Longitudinal Cohort involved 5,309 students at 11 schools. The findings confirm the connection between higher levels of soda consumption and persistent overweight and deteriorating weight status, and they support the recent and co