Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages and correlation with body mass index and body fat percentage among college students

This study evaluated the consumption habits of sugar-sweetened beverages with body fat percent and body mass index in university students. The design of this research is a cross-sectional study. The subjects in this study were university students with a total of 111 subjects. Subject characteristics were obtained from interviews, and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages was obtained from SQ-FFQ. BMI is obtained from anthropometric measurements and Percent body fat is obtained from measurements using the BIA. The results of this study The majority of subjects were overweight (54%), percent body fat for men in the overweight category (57.2%) and percent body fat for women in the overweight category (54.9%). The majority of the frequency of consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is often (78.4%). There is a relationship between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages with nutritional status (p<0.05) and the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages with percent body fat (p<0.05). This study concludes that there is a relationship between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages with BMI and body fat percent with BMI and body fat percent.