Although they did not reach statistical significance, our findings are consistent with a lower annual BMI increase for children who consumed fewer sugar‐sweetened beverages (P = 0.05 when including fruit juice) and high‐fat foods (P = 0.06) at baseline.
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Body mass index trajectories of Indigenous Australian children and relation to screen time, diet, and demographic factors.
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The relationship between sugar‐sweetened beverage consumption and BMI slope approached significance (P = 0.05) when the variable definition was expanded to include fruit juice.
approaching significanceP = 0.06
Low versus high consumers of high‐fat foods increased in BMI at a lower rate (difference: −0.08 kg/m 2 /year; 95% CI: −0.17 to 0.00), with the difference approaching significance ( P = 0.06).