| Summary: | 碩士 === 亞洲大學 === 健康產業管理學系健康管理組 === 101 === Background. The high consumption of carbonated soft drinks and other sugary drinks is one of unhealthy of dietary behaviours which has been identified by a number of health policy documents as an important, specific behavior to pay attention in the prevention and management of many diseases. Objectives. To assess the prevalence of carbonated soft drinks intake and its associated factors among the secondary school students in Mongolia. Materials and Methods. The data are part of the Mongolian GSHS that were collected from a representative sample(N= 5238) of 7th-11th grade level students in 2010 year. For this analysis 12 questions were selected from self-reported questionnaire. Consumption of carbonated soft drinks was assessed by frequency. Prevalence of carbonated soft drink intake was assessed according to demographic factors. Binary logistic regressions analyses were conducted to examine predictors of carbonated soft drinks intake from demographic, behavioral risk and psychological factors. Results. This study found that prevalence of overconsumption of carbonated soft drinks were eleven percentage or two or more times per day preceding month among secondary school students in Mongolia. For carbonated soft drink intake prevalence were 12.7% for males and 9.8% for females. Among female students, prevalence of carbonated soft drinks intake decreased with grade (from 14.9% among the 7th grade to 4.2% among the 11th grades, respectively). Male students (AOR=1.22; 95% CI [1.00-1.48]) were more likely to drink carbonated soft drink compared with females. Compared with students who ate fast food less than three times/week, students who ate fast food 3 or more times were 2.4 (AOR = 2.38 , 95% CI= [1.94-2.93]) times as likely to drink carbonated soft drinks twice or more times per day over the preceding month. Students who skipped their breakfast were more (AOR = 1.27 , 95% CI= [1.03-1.55]) lklely to drink carbonated soft drinks than those who did not skip breakfast. Students who missed class were more (AOR= 1.54, 95% CI [1.25-1.91]) likely to drink carbonated soft drinks compared with those who did not miss class. Students who ever attempted suicide were more (AOR= 1.45, 95% CI [1.05-1.99]) likely to drink carbonated soft drinks than those who never attempted suicide 12 months preceding the survey. In this study, living location and house types were not significantly associated with carbonated soft drinks intake. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that gender, grade level and behavioral risk factors (fast food intake, skipping breakfast, truancy,) can predict soft drinks behavior. To improve the effectiveness of intervention, educational programs developed for reducing softer drinks intake of secondary school students are recommended to take these factors into consideration.
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