Association between beverage intake and obesity in children: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2013–2015

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Numerous researches have studied the association between sugar intake and obesity of children in many countries. This study was undertaken to investigate the association between beverage intake and obesity of children by reviewing a database for total sugar contents established in all foods and presented in a nutrition survey by the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES).