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Soda Consumption among High School Students by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2007 to 2019
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Why Is This Important?
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages appears to be associated with being at increased risk for overweight in children.
Definition
The percentage of adolescents who drank soda one or more times per day, in the past seven days (excluding diet/sugar-free)
Data Notes
This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective NF-5. Survey is conducted in odd-numbered years only. ** 2015 and 2017 NJ survey data not available.Data Sources
- New Jersey Student Health Survey, Office of Student Support Services, Division of Student Services and Career Readiness, New Jersey Department of Education
(http://www.nj.gov/education/students/yrbs/) - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
The number of adolescents in grades 9 to 12 who drank soda one or more times per day, in the past seven daysDenominator:
Total number of survey respondents
Data Issues
In 2015 and 2017, the New Jersey Student Health Survey was unable to obtain the number of student responses needed to reach the 60% response rate required by the CDC to be able to weight the data to be representative of the New Jersey high school student population.Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective NF-5
NJ Target: Reduce the proportion of high school students (grades 9-12) who drank soda one or more times per day in the past 7 days to 11 percent for the total population, 4.2% for Asians, 15.9% for Blacks, 14.9% for Hispanics, and 9.4% for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/nutrition-physical-activity.shtml
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator NPW05
Description: Consumed regular soda at least one time daily among high school students
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/npao.html