Electronic Media and Beverage Intake Among United States High School Students-2010

Objective: To describe electronic media exposure and its associations with beverage intake among United States high school students. Methods: School-based survey data from a nationally representative sample of 9th-through 12th-grade students from the National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study were analyzed using chi-square and multivariate logistic analyses. Results: Onan average school day, 23.5% of students used a computer or played video/computer games >= 3 h/d, 28.3% watched television (TV) >= 3 h/d, 79.9% had >= 3 TVs in the home, 70.2% had a TV in their bedroom, and 41.0% most of the time or always had a TV on while eating dinner at home. Students with high media exposure were more likely to drink sugar-sweetened beverages >= 3 times per day and less likely to drink water >= 3 times per day and drink >= 2 glasses of milk per day. Conclusions and Implications: Efforts to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage intake among adolescents may include limiting exposure to electronic media.