Carbonated soft drink consumption among high school students in two high schools in Hanoi, 2015

Abstract

     Carbonated soft drink (CSD) consumption is very popular in all over the world and in Vietnam, especially among young people. Exploring the CSD consumption level in Vietnam has been conducted based on the total amount that has been sold out in the market so far. This article is aimed to identify the frequency, consumption level of CSD within one month before survey among high school students. The semi-quantitative food frequency was used with 620 high school students in two High schools in Hanoi in 2015 (one is in rural and the other is in urban area). The results showed that, high prevalence of high school students was consumed the CSD within one month before the survey (83,6%). The highest consumption rate was 1-2 times a week (21,3%) and very few students were drunk CSD daily (8,4%). The average of total amount consumption was 2094 ml CSD per student in one month before the survey. The rural’s students was consumption higher than those in urban and men students was consumption higher than female students (significantly difference with p<0,01). Recommendation: continue to conduct the research with larger scale about CSD consumption in Vietnam and health education about risks associated with CSD.