This study aimed to investigate the relationship between subjective well-being and the frequency of sweetened beverage consumption in adolescents. The 19th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey was used to analyze the general characteristics, soc...
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between subjective well-being and the frequency of sweetened beverage consumption in adolescents. The 19th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey was used to analyze the general characteristics, socio-demographic characteristics, oral health behavior, subjective well-being, and frequency of sweetened beverage consumption of middle and high school students. Subjective well-being was reclassified into low, medium, and high and analyzed. In order to identify the relationship between subjective well-being and frequency of sweetened beverage consumption, socio-demographic characteristics, oral health behavior, and frequency of fast food consumption of the study subjects were set as confounding variables and a complex sample logistic regression analysis was performed. The results showed that male students (62.1%) had higher subjective well-being than female students (53.2%), and middle school students (59.6%) had higher subjective well-being than high school students (55.9%). In addition, subjective well-being was higher in cases where parents had high education, subjective economic status, and subjective academic performance ( p<0.05). The group with average and low subjective well-being had a 1.224 and 1.272 times higher risk of consuming sweetened beverages more than 7 times a week than the group with high subjective well-being ( p<0.05). Excessive consumption of sweetened beverages can have negative effects on physical and mental health. Therefore, students’ sweetened beverages should be limited to an appropriate level, and related regulations and educational programs are necessary.