Abstract:

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the relationship of sugar drinking in adolescents with obesity. Tools and Methods: The universe of planned research in the identificative and relational type is formed by all the students in a state high school in Konya and a private high school. The study was aimed to reach all the students who formed the universe (N:412) without going to the sample selection, but it was reached to 361 students. For the purposes of data collection, the survey form, the drink consumption information form and the anthropometric measurement form were used. In the analysis of the data; number, percentage, average, standard deviation, MannWhitney U, Kruskal Wallis, Ki square test and Spearman correlation analysis were used. Results: The average age rate of adults is 15.88±1.06 and 52.9% are men. The prevalence of obesity is estimated at 9.7%. More than the adults they consumed tea (88.4 percent), cacao (82.0 percent), ready fruit juice (75.9 percent) and coffee (75.1 percent). The young people who have a sugar drink in the ice condition, who have a sugar drink consumption habit between meals, consume more sugar drinks in a statistically significant level. There has been a statistically meaningful relationship between the consumption of sugar and weight. Adults and their surroundings should be taught about the effects of sugar drinking.

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