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## Background & aims: Multinational studies on the relationship between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and suicidal behavior in youths are lacking. thus, the goal of this study was to investigate the association between consumption of carbonated soft drinks and suicide attempts among adolescents from 6 high-income, 22 middle-income and 4 low-income countries. ## Methods: Cross-sectional data from the global school-based student health survey (gshs) were analyzed. data on past 12-month suicide attempts and past 30-day carbonated soft drink consumption (number of times per day) were collected. multivariable logistic regression and meta-analysis were conducted to assess associations. ## Results: There were 105,061 adolescents (49.0% females) aged 12-15 years included in the analysis. the overall prevalence of suicide attempts and consumption of carbonated soft drinks ≥3 times/day were 10.2% and 10.7%, respectively. after adjustment for potential confounders (i.e., sex, age, food insecurity, alcohol consumption, smoking, physical activity, obesity, fruit and vegetable consumption, fast food consumption, country), compared to those who did not consume carbonated soft drinks, t

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Author

Louis Jacob; Brendon Stubbs; Ai Koyanagi

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Churchill Livingstone; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0261-5614)

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)