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A poor-quality diet is associated with non-communicable diseases⁽ Reference Hanson, Rutten and Wouters ¹ ^– Reference Walda, Tabak and Smit ⁴ ⁾ and there is a growing body of research indicating that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) may be associated with negative health consequences, including the development of metabolic syndrome and higher blood pressure⁽ Reference Dhingra, Sullivan and Jacques ⁵ ⁾, an increased risk of diabetes⁽ Reference Malik, Popkin and Bray ⁶ ⁾, increased body weight⁽ Reference Vartanian, Schwartz and Brownell ⁷ ⁾ and obesity⁽ Reference Malik, Pan and Willett ⁸ ⁾. One of the recommendations made by the WHO Global Strategy on Diet and Physical Activity is the limiting of sugar and salt intake⁽ Reference Waxman ⁹ ⁾. SSB include drinks that are sweetened with sugar, other calorific sweeteners and corn syrups, as well as encompassing carbonated and non-carbonated drinks. In recent years there has been a global increase in the consumption of SSB⁽ Reference Popkin and Nielsen ¹⁰ ^, Reference Popkin and Hawkes ¹¹ ⁾, which are characterised by their low nutritional content and failure to provide a feeling of fullness⁽ ¹² ⁾.

Recent studies suggest that levels of overweight and obesity are increasing in Europe⁽ Reference Finucane, Stevens and Cowan ¹³ ^, ¹⁴ ⁾. However, while evidence suggests that reducing the intake of SSB would lead to a significant reduction in the incidence of obesity as well as other chronic illness such as diabetes (type 2)⁽ Reference Hu ¹⁵ ^, Reference Imamura, O'Connor and Ye ¹⁶ ⁾, the link between obesity and intake of SSB is one that continues to be examined, with mixed results⁽ Reference Malik, Pan and Willett ⁸ ^, Reference Gibson ¹⁷ ^– Reference Caprio ²² ⁾. Many reasons for this inconsistency have been indicated, including methodological differences between studies and differing characteristics of assessment instruments, such as differences in the units of serving size, frequency categories and the definitions of SSB used⁽ Reference Gibson ¹⁷ ⁾. Using standardised instruments and assessment methods across European populations has the potential to strengthen the investigation of associations between SSB and health outcomes such as obesity and to facilitate the collection of valid and comparable dietary intake data, along with the tracking of regional trends⁽ Reference Blanquer, Garcia-Alvarez and Ribas-Barba ²³ ⁾.

There has been increasing focus on the standardisation and harmonisation of food classification systems and food composition databases between European countries (e.g. the International Food Data Systems Project, the Eurofoods initiative, the Food-Linked Agro-Industrial Research programme, COST Action 99, TRANSFAIR study, EUROFIR, etc.)⁽ Reference Blanquer, Garcia-Alvarez and Ribas-Barba ²³ ^– Reference Riboli and Kaaks ²⁹ ⁾. The IDAMES (Innovative Dietary Assessment Methods in Epidemiological Studies and Public Health) project has evaluated new methods of dietary intake assessment in Europe⁽ ³⁰ ⁾, developing the European Food Propensity Questionnaire for use in European countries. Although the European Food Safety Authority indicates that a computerised method (e.g. EPIC-SOFT or similar) should be used for collection of standardised dietary intake data at the European level⁽ ³¹ ^, ³² ⁾, standards have not yet been developed for the assessment of dietary intake, including intake of SSB, as part of aetiological studies. Thematic Area 1 of the DEDIPAC (Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity) project⁽ ³³ ⁾, a pillar of the EU Joint Programme Initiative 'Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life', in part aims to address this gap by determining the most effective, harmonised methods of dietary intake assessment and preparing a toolkit of the most useful measurement tools of dietary intake that can be used extensively across Europe⁽ ³³ ^, Reference Lakerveld, van der Ploeg and Kroeze ³⁴ ⁾. The aim of the current systematic literature review was to identify suitable assessment methods that may potentially be used to measure intake of SSB in European children and adults in pan-European studies. These methods will later be assessed for their effectiveness as part of their inclusion in the DEDIPAC toolkit.

Methods

Data sources and study selection

The current review adheres to the guidelines of the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) Statement. The protocol for the review can be accessed from PROSPERO (CRD42014012890)⁽ ³⁶ ⁾. A systematic literature search was conducted for pan-European studies that assessed the intake of SSB. A definition of SSB that encompasses drinks with pre-added sugar, including soft drinks and energy drinks (carbonated and non-carbonated drinks) and cordials/squashes, was used; that is, the definition excluded drinks where sugar is added by the consumer (e.g. coffee and tea) and diet soft drinks. Two authors, F.R. and K.R., independently conducted a search of PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Science databases, using combinations of search terms for SSB such as 'carbonated drink/s', 'soft drink/s', 'fizzy drink/s', 'energy drink/s', 'sugar-sweetened beverage/s' and 'soda/s', along with keywords for dietary intake including 'diet', 'eating', 'consumption' and 'intake', and search terms for European countries (see online supplementary material, Supplemental Table 1). All searches were limited to literature published from 1990 through to 9 June 2014 (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1 Flow diagram showing study selection process for the current review (SSB, sugar-sweetened beverages; F&V, fruits and vegetables)

Titles and abstracts of the sourced articles were independently screened by F.R. and K.R. If in doubt regarding inclusion, the article was retained for full-text review. Any disagreement during the full-text review stage was resolved through consultation with a third author, J.M.H. Articles were included if they assessed the intake of SSB within two or more European countries (EU countries as defined by the Council of Europe)⁽ ³⁶ ⁾. The aim of the review was to identify instruments that are suitable to assess SSB intake in the general, healthy adult or child populations. Therefore, study participants were required to be free-living, healthy populations of any age. Hospital-based populations, along with studies which focused on a specific disease subgroup (e.g. diabetic patients) or any fixed societal subgroups (e.g. pregnant women), were excluded. If studies included or compared two cohorts, one of which was a healthy general population, they were included. Intervention studies were eligible provided intake of SSB was measured at baseline. Similarly, case–control studies were included if intake was assessed in population-based controls. Studies were included only if they assessed intake of SSB at the level of the individual; that is, studies which assessed household-level consumption of SSB were excluded (Fig. 1).

Reference lists of all included papers, along with relevant meta-analyses and literature reviews, were reviewed for further publications not identified by the original search. Databases were also searched using the names of individual European projects listed in the DEDIPAC Inventory of Relevant European Studies, a compilation of studies which is an ongoing part of DEDIPAC. Authors were contacted to obtain full versions of the relevant instruments or questionnaires and some articles, and the Endnote library of a concurrently occurring systematic literature review on methods to assess intake of fruits and vegetables (F&V)⁽ Reference Riordan, Ryan and Perry ³⁷ ⁾ was reviewed for further studies.

Data extraction and quality assessment

Data extraction was carried out using the same approach as outlined in the F&V review⁽ ³⁸ ⁾; that is, extracting details on study design, number and names of European countries involved, sample size (total and number for each country), age range of the included population, the method used and its description (including frequency categories for FFQ, total number of items/items that referred to SSB, details of nutrient intake assessment, details of portion estimation), mode of administration, and details on the validity or reproducibility testing. Originally sourced articles describing the methods in the most detail were selected for inclusion, with further information obtained from articles sourced from reference lists. One reviewer (F.R.) extracted the data for each study, which was confirmed by the other reviewer (K.R.).

As with the review of methods to assess F&V intake⁽ Reference Riordan, Ryan and Perry ³⁷ ⁾, a comprehensive quality appraisal of each included article was not conducted as part of the current review; however, relevant validation studies were referenced where possible and data were extracted from these studies by M.v.D., S.E. and N.W.-D. To determine which instruments would be appropriate to use in pan-European studies, two criteria were applied: (i) the instrument was tested for validity and/or reproducibility; and (ii) the instrument was used in more than two countries simultaneously that represent a range of European regions. A range implied that at least one country from at least three of the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western European regions, as defined by the United Nations, were included⁽ ³⁸ ⁾.

Results

Description of the included studies

The initial search identified 1949 papers, of which 1290 remained once duplicates were removed. After title and abstract screening, 1188 papers were excluded (Fig. 1). Full-text papers were sourced and reviewed for 102 papers, of which forty-eight were ultimately retained. These articles were grouped according to the major European project to which they belonged (n 44) or as 'Other' if they did not belong to a project (n 4; see Fig. 1 for breakdown of papers). From these forty-eight articles, sixteen articles were selected which best described the background to the project or the method used; one to three articles were typically selected per project, with the exception of the ToyBox study where articles obtained from authors were used in favour of the sourced article. Reviewing the reference lists yielded eighteen further articles in which the methods were described⁽ Reference Riboli and Kaaks ²⁹ ^, Reference Ahrens, Bammann and Siani ³⁹ ^– Reference Maes, Cook and Ottovaere ⁵⁵ ⁾.

Fourteen further articles were obtained through correspondence with authors; and ten articles were obtained from the F&V Endnote library, which identified seven additional studies assessing the intake of SSB, namely CNSHS (Cross National Student Health Survey)⁽ Reference El Ansari, Stock and Mikolajczyk ⁵⁶ ^, Reference Mikolajczyk, El Ansari and Maxwell ⁵⁷ ⁾, HAPIEE (Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors in Eastern Europe)⁽ Reference Boylan, Welch and Pikhart ⁵⁸ ^, Reference Peasey, Bobak and Kubinova ⁵⁹ ⁾, Finbalt Health Monitor⁽ Reference Prattala, Paalanen and Grinberga ⁶⁰ ⁾, MEDIS (MEDiterranean Islands Study)⁽ Reference Tyrovolas, Psaltopoulou and Pounis ⁶¹ ⁾, MGSD (Mediterranean Group for the Study of Diabetes)⁽ Reference Karamanos, Thanopoulou and Angelico ⁶² ⁾, ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood)⁽ Reference Weiland, Bjorksten and Brunekreef ⁶³ ^, Reference Nagel, Weinmayr and Kleiner ⁶⁴ ⁾ and the Finnish and Russian Karelia study⁽ Reference Paalanen, Prattala and Palosuo ⁶⁵ ⁾. Unpublished details on the instruments used as part of the I.Family Project⁽ ⁶⁶ ⁾, successor to the IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of Dietary-and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS) study, were obtained through contact with the IDEFICS group. Articles on the background and validity testing as part of the Food4Me project, published after the search dates, were also added to the review (n 3). The characteristics of the included studies⁽ Reference Riboli and Kaaks ²⁹ ^, Reference Ahrens, Bammann and Siani ³⁹ ^, Reference Bel-Serrat, Mouratidou and Pala ⁴⁰ ^, Reference de Groot and van Staveren ⁴² ^– Reference Boylan, Welch and Pikhart ⁵⁸ ^, Reference Karamanos, Thanopoulou and Angelico ⁶² ^– Reference Patterson, Warnberg and Kearney ¹¹⁹ ⁾ are described in Table 1.

Table 1 Summary of all studies identified to assess sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB): design, population studied, dietary assessment instruments used and details of testing for validity and/or reproducibility. Studies were selected to be potentially suitable to assess SSB intake based on (i) the instrument was tested for validity and/or reproducibility and (ii) the instrument was used in more than two countries simultaneously which represent a range of European regions; and are indicated by ticks in the last column. Where validation or reliability data was not available for SSB specifically, this is highlighted in bold font

As with the F&V review⁽ Reference Riordan, Ryan and Perry ³⁷ ⁾, the term 'study' refers to a larger project and not individual analyses/publications arising the same project and using the same methodology. In total, sixty-one articles on twenty-three studies were included in the current review: original search (n 16), from reference lists (n 18), from the concurrent F&V review (n 10), from authors (n 14) and added subsequently (n 3). In total, twelve large pan-European studies were identified which assessed intake of SSB⁽ Reference Riboli and Kaaks ²⁹ ^, Reference Ahrens, Bammann and Siani ³⁹ ^, Reference Moreno, De Henauw and Gonzalez-Gross ⁴⁴ ^, Reference van Staveren, de Groot and Burema ⁵⁰ ^, Reference van Stralen, te Velde and Singh ⁵¹ ^, Reference Karamanos, Thanopoulou and Angelico ⁶² ^, Reference Nagel, Weinmayr and Kleiner ⁶⁴ ^, ⁶⁶ ^, Reference Zaborskis, Moceviciene and Iannotti ⁶⁷ ^, Reference Manios, Androutsos and Katsarou ⁸⁰ ^, Reference Forster, Fallaize and Gallagher ¹⁰⁵ ^, Reference West, Sanz and Lussi ¹¹⁰ ⁾ along with eleven smaller studies which typically were conducted in two to four countries⁽ Reference El Ansari, Stock and Mikolajczyk ⁵⁶ ^, Reference Boylan, Welch and Pikhart ⁵⁸ ^, Reference Prattala, Paalanen and Grinberga ⁶⁰ ^, Reference Tyrovolas, Psaltopoulou and Pounis ⁶¹ ^, Reference Paalanen, Prattala and Palosuo ⁶⁵ ^, Reference Larsson, Klock and Astrom ⁷¹ ^– Reference Luszczynska, de Wit and de Vet ⁷³ ^, Reference Cinar and Murtomaa ⁷⁶ ^, Reference Zheng, Rangan and Olsen ⁷⁸ ^, Reference Kolarzyk, Shpakou and Kleszczewska ¹⁰⁷ ⁾. Twelve studies assessed the intake of SSB in children, aged 3–6 years⁽ Reference Mouratidou, Miguel and Androutsos ⁸² ^, Reference Gonzalez-Gil, Mouratidou and Cardon ⁸³ ⁾, 2–9 years⁽ Reference Ahrens, Bammann and Siani ³⁹ ^, Reference Bel-Serrat, Mouratidou and Pala ⁴⁰ ^, Reference Olafsdottir, Berg and Eiben ⁷⁹ ⁾, 8–12 years⁽ Reference Weiland, Bjorksten and Brunekreef ⁶³ ^, Reference Nagel, Weinmayr and Kleiner ⁶⁴ ⁾ or 10–12 years⁽ Reference van Stralen, te Velde and Singh ⁵¹ ^, Reference Cinar and Murtomaa ⁷⁶ ^, Reference Brug, van Stralen and Te Velde ⁷⁷ ⁾, or adolescents⁽ Reference Ahrens, Bammann and Siani ³⁹ ^, Reference Moreno, De Henauw and Gonzalez-Gross ⁴⁴ ^, ⁶⁶ ^, Reference Zaborskis, Moceviciene and Iannotti ⁶⁷ ^, Reference Larsson, Klock and Astrom ⁷¹ ^– Reference Luszczynska, de Wit and de Vet ⁷³ ^, Reference Cinar and Murtomaa ⁷⁶ ^, Reference Zheng, Rangan and Olsen ⁷⁸ ⁾. Fourteen studies assessed intake among adults only⁽ Reference Riboli and Kaaks ²⁹ ^, Reference de Groot and van Staveren ⁴² ^, Reference El Ansari, Stock and Mikolajczyk ⁵⁶ ^, Reference Peasey, Bobak and Kubinova ⁵⁹ ^– Reference Karamanos, Thanopoulou and Angelico ⁶² ^, Reference Paalanen, Prattala and Palosuo ⁶⁵ ^, Reference Szczepanska, Deka and Calyniuk ⁷² ^, Reference Celis-Morales, Livingstone and Marsaux ¹⁰³ ^, Reference Kolarzyk, Shpakou and Kleszczewska ¹⁰⁷ ^, Reference West, Sanz and Lussi ¹¹⁰ ⁾, two of which assessed student populations⁽ Reference El Ansari, Stock and Mikolajczyk ⁵⁶ ^, Reference Kolarzyk, Shpakou and Kleszczewska ¹⁰⁷ ⁾. Three studies, the ENERGY (EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gain among Youth), ToyBox and the I.Family projects, assessed both children and their parent or guardian⁽ Reference van Stralen, te Velde and Singh ⁵¹ ^, ⁶⁶ ^, Reference Manios, Androutsos and Katsarou ⁸⁰ ^– Reference Pil, Putman and Cardon ⁹⁰ ⁾. A further eight articles were sourced in which validity and/or reproducibility testing for the identified methods was described⁽ Reference Crispim, Geelen and Souverein ⁹¹ ^– Reference Willett, Sampson and Stampfer ⁹⁴ ^, Reference Nes, van Staveren and Zajkas ⁹⁶ ^, Reference Lytle, Nichaman and Obarzanek ⁹⁹ ^, Reference Vandevijvere, Geelen and Gonzalez-Gross ¹²⁰ ⁾.

Dietary assessment methods

Types of methods

Several methods were used to assess dietary intake of SSB in the identified studies, but most used FFQ (n 24)⁽ Reference Riboli, Hunt and Slimani ⁴⁷ ^, Reference van Stralen, te Velde and Singh ⁵¹ ^, Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ^, Reference El Ansari, Stock and Mikolajczyk ⁵⁶ ^, Reference Peasey, Bobak and Kubinova ⁵⁹ ^– Reference Paalanen, Prattala and Palosuo ⁶⁵ ^, Reference Zaborskis, Moceviciene and Iannotti ⁶⁷ ^, ⁶⁹ ^, Reference Larsson, Klock and Astrom ⁷¹ ^– Reference Luszczynska, de Wit and de Vet ⁷³ ^, Reference Cinar and Murtomaa ⁷⁶ ^, Reference Mouratidou, Miguel and Androutsos ⁸² ^, Reference Huybrechts, Bornhorst and Pala ¹⁰¹ ^, Reference Celis-Morales, Livingstone and Marsaux ¹⁰³ ^, Reference Kolarzyk, Shpakou and Kleszczewska ¹⁰⁷ ^, Reference West, Sanz and Lussi ¹¹⁰ ^, Reference Bel-Serrat, Mouratidou and Santaliestra-Pasias ¹²¹ ⁾. Other methods identified through the review were 24h recalls (24-HDR; n 6)⁽ Reference Riddoch, Edwards and Page ⁴⁸ ^, Reference van Stralen, te Velde and Singh ⁵¹ ^, Reference Vereecken, Covents and Matthys ⁵² ^, Reference Zheng, Rangan and Olsen ⁷⁸ ^, Reference Bel-Serrat, Fernandez Alvira and Pala ¹¹³ ^, Reference Slimani, Fahey and Welch ¹²² ⁾ and diet records/diet diaries⁽ Reference Haveman-Nies, De Groot and Van Staveren ¹⁰² ⁾. Most studies assessed intake of SSB using a single method, although four – ENERGY, IDEFICS and I.Family Project, and HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) – used and described a second assessment methodology that supplemented or tested the study's primary method for validity. FFQ along with 24-HDR were used in the ENERGY, IDEFICS and HELENA projects. EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) used a highly standardised 24-HDR, EPIC-SOFT, in a representative sub-sample from each cohort, which served as a common reference measurement across the different study populations, to calibrate and account for differences in the country-specific FFQ used as part of the study⁽ Reference van Staveren, de Groot and Burema ⁵⁰ ^, Reference Margetts and Pietinen ⁹² ^, Reference Lanfer, Hebestreit and Ahrens ¹¹² ⁾. Since a common FFQ instrument was not used across all countries in EPIC, only the EPIC-SOFT instrument is discussed in the present review. Similarly, as the EYHS (European Youth Heart Study) FFQ was reported as part of the Danish component of the study, so only the 24-HDR, preceded by the 1d record, is discussed herein.

According to the two selection criteria (Table 1), several study instruments appeared appropriate to assess intake of SSB in future pan-European studies. Instruments that had been used among adult populations and that fulfilled the criteria included EPIC-SOFT, the Food4Me FFQ, the SENECA (Survey in Europe on Nutrition and the Elderly; a Concerted Action) modified dietary history method, the ToyBox Primary Caregiver's Questionnaire and the ENERGY parent questionnaire. Three instruments used to assess intake among adolescents, namely HELENA-DIAT (Dietary Assessment Tool), the HELENA online FFQ and the HBSC (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children) FFQ, fulfilled the criteria, as did the IDEFICS 24-HDR (SACINA) and Children's Eating Habits Questionnaire (CEHQ-FFQ), the ENERGY Children's Questionnaire (FFQ and pre-coded 24-HDR) and the ToyBox Children's Questionnaire (FFQ), all of which were used among children. The I.Family instrument was based on those developed for the IDEFICS study. The 24-HDR preceded by the 1d qualitative food record used in the EYHS was tested for validity among children from the USA but not in a European population⁽ Reference Lytle, Nichaman and Obarzanek ⁹⁹ ⁾. The 24-HDR was compared with observational data on consumption collected by parents and teachers. The instruments selected according to the two criteria are indicated by ticks in Table 1. However, in order to make the review more comprehensive, details on all the identified methods are provided.

Validation

From the studies that were tested for validity or reproducibility and fulfilled the first criterion (Table 1), validity and reliability of FFQ was assessed using FFQ⁽ Reference Forster, Fallaize and Gallagher ¹⁰⁵ ⁾, food records⁽ Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ^, Reference Vereecken and Maes ⁹⁷ ^, Reference Huybrechts, De Backer and De Bacquer ¹⁰⁰ ^, Reference Fallaize, Forster and Macready ¹⁰⁴ ⁾, 24-HDR⁽ Reference Bel-Serrat, Mouratidou and Pala ⁴⁰ ^, Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ⁾ or interviews⁽ Reference Vereecken, Covents and Sichert-Hellert ⁵³ ^, Reference Singh, Vik and Chinapaw ⁹⁸ ⁾ as reference methods. In eleven studies, validity was assessed by crude correlations (n 7)⁽ Reference Bel-Serrat, Mouratidou and Pala ⁴⁰ ^, Reference Vereecken, Covents and Matthys ⁵² ^– Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ^, Reference Vereecken and Maes ⁹⁷ ^, Reference Huybrechts, De Backer and De Bacquer ¹⁰⁰ ^, Reference Fallaize, Forster and Macready ¹⁰⁴ ⁾, energy-adjusted correlations (n 1)⁽ Reference Forster, Fallaize and Gallagher ¹⁰⁵ ⁾, de-attenuated correlation coefficients (n 2)⁽ Reference Bel-Serrat, Mouratidou and Pala ⁴⁰ ^, Reference Huybrechts, De Backer and De Bacquer ¹⁰⁰ ⁾, mean or median differences in SSB consumption (n 7)⁽ Reference Bel-Serrat, Mouratidou and Pala ⁴⁰ ^, Reference Vereecken, Covents and Matthys ⁵² ^– Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ^, Reference Vereecken and Maes ⁹⁷ ^, Reference Huybrechts, De Backer and De Bacquer ¹⁰⁰ ^, Reference Forster, Fallaize and Gallagher ¹⁰⁵ ⁾, exact level of agreement of SSB consumption (n 8)⁽ Reference Bel-Serrat, Mouratidou and Pala ⁴⁰ ^, Reference Vereecken, Covents and Sichert-Hellert ⁵³ ^, Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ^, Reference Vereecken and Maes ⁹⁷ ^, Reference Huybrechts, De Backer and De Bacquer ¹⁰⁰ ^, Reference Fallaize, Forster and Macready ¹⁰⁴ ^, Reference Forster, Fallaize and Gallagher ¹⁰⁵ ⁾, Bland–Altman plots (n 4)⁽ Reference Bel-Serrat, Mouratidou and Pala ⁴⁰ ^, Reference Vereecken, Covents and Sichert-Hellert ⁵³ ^, Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ^, Reference Forster, Fallaize and Gallagher ¹⁰⁵ ⁾, intraclass correlation coefficients⁽ Reference Singh, Vik and Chinapaw ⁹⁸ ⁾ or weighted kappa (n 2)⁽ Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ^, Reference Huybrechts, De Backer and De Bacquer ¹⁰⁰ ⁾ between the FFQ and reference instrument. In seven studies, reliability of SSB consumption was assessed by correlations (n 5)⁽ Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ^, Reference Gonzalez-Gil, Mouratidou and Cardon ⁸³ ^, Reference Vereecken and Maes ⁹⁷ ^, Reference Huybrechts, De Backer and De Bacquer ¹⁰⁰ ^, Reference Lanfer, Hebestreit and Ahrens ¹¹² ⁾, mean/median differences (n 3)⁽ Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ^, Reference Huybrechts, De Backer and De Bacquer ¹⁰⁰ ^, Reference Lanfer, Hebestreit and Ahrens ¹¹² ⁾, weighted kappa (n 2)⁽ Reference Vereecken and Maes ⁹⁷ ^, Reference Lanfer, Hebestreit and Ahrens ¹¹² ⁾ or intraclass correlation coefficients⁽ Reference Singh, Vik and Chinapaw ⁹⁸ ⁾ between subsequent administrations of the FFQ. Details on the validation and/or reproducibility are provided in Table 1 and, where available, extracted results for the statistical assessments are provided in the online supplementary material, Supplemental Table 2.

Validation data specifically on SSB were available for only six instruments, three among adolescents, the HBSC FFQ, HELENA-DIAT and HELENA FFQ, and three among children, the ENERGY Children's Questionnaire, IDEFICS FFQ and ToyBox Children's Questionnaire. The Food4Me FFQ, for use among adult populations, provided validation data only for 'Other beverages' grouped together, described as including all beverages except milk, alcoholic beverages, tea and coffee⁽ Reference Fallaize, Forster and Macready ¹⁰⁴ ⁾ and including fruit juices, carbonated beverages and squash⁽ Reference Forster, Fallaize and Gallagher ¹⁰⁵ ⁾. These instruments are summarised in Table 2.

Table 2 Summary of the selected instruments which were tested for validity (n 7) for assessment of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB): design, age group, countries, mode of administration, definition of SSB used and portion estimation

Although data were not specific to SSB, the Food4Me FFQ had moderate agreement (0·4–0·6) for 'other beverages' with a 4d diet record using Spearman's crude correlation (r=0·66)⁽ Reference Fallaize, Forster and Macready ¹⁰⁴ ⁾ and good agreement (>0·6) with the EPIC-Norfolk FFQ using energy-adjusted coefficients (r=0·79)⁽ Reference Forster, Fallaize and Gallagher ¹⁰⁵ ⁾. In terms of instruments for adolescents, the HBSC FFQ tested for validity against a 7d diet record had moderate agreement for 'soft drinks' using Spearman's crude correlation (r=0·46). HELENA-DIAT had moderate to good agreement with a 1d food record (r=0·42) and 24-HDR (r=0·65)⁽ Reference Vereecken, Covents and Matthys ⁵² ⁾, and the HELENA FFQ had good agreement (r=0·79) when tested for validity against four 24-HDR⁽ Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ⁾. In terms of instruments to be used among children, the construct validity of the ENERGY questionnaire was tested, with moderate (55 %) exact level of agreement for 'soft drinks' between the self-completed questionnaire compared with the questionnaire completed by interview⁽ Reference Singh, Vik and Chinapaw ⁹⁸ ⁾. The ToyBox instrument had moderate to good agreement with a 3d diet record for 'sugared drinks' (r=0·57)⁽ Reference Huybrechts, De Backer and De Bacquer ¹⁰⁰ ⁾, while the IDEFICS CEHQ-FFQ tested for validity against a 24-HDR had low agreement (<0·4) for 'soft drinks' using Pearson's crude correlations among children aged <6 years (r=0·14) and 6–9 years (r=0·21)⁽ Reference Bel-Serrat, Fernandez Alvira and Pala ¹¹³ ⁾ (see online supplementary material, Supplemental Table 2).

FFQ

Table 3 summarises the characteristics of the identified FFQ. These instruments are already described in detail as part of the concurrent review on F&V intake⁽ Reference Riordan, Ryan and Perry ³⁷ ⁾, with the exception of the FFQ used by Cinar and Murtomaa⁽ Reference Cinar and Murtomaa ⁷⁶ ⁾ and Kolarzyk et al. ⁽ Reference Kolarzyk, Shpakou and Kleszczewska ¹⁰⁷ ⁾. Therefore, the results focus on aspects which are specific to the assessment of SSB; that is, definitions and portion measurement, of which there were notable differences between the instruments identified. FFQ were used to assess dietary intake, identify determinants of dietary intake or test diet–disease associations and identify disease risk factors.

Table 3 Summary of the FFQ (n 24) identified for the assessment of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB): number of items, instrument purpose, population, definition of SSB, reference period, mode, frequency categories and portion estimation

Range of items and definitions

SSB were referred to as 'soft drinks' (HELENA, Finbalt Health Monitor, ENERGY Parent Questionnaire, CNSHS and MEDIS), 'soft drinks with sugar' (Finnish FFQ of the Finnish and Russian Karelia project, EYHS), 'juice or soft drinks' (Russian FFQ of the Finnish and Russian Karelia project), 'fizzy drinks' (ISAAC, HAPIEE, ENERGY Children's Questionnaire), 'fizzy soft drinks' (Food4Me), 'carbonated drinks (Fanta, Sprite, Coke, Pepsi)' (Szczepanska et al. ⁽ Reference Szczepanska, Deka and Calyniuk ⁷² ⁾), sweet drinks' (Kolarzyk et al. ⁽ Reference Kolarzyk, Shpakou and Kleszczewska ¹⁰⁷ ⁾) and 'Cola-Cola, Pepsi or other sugary drinks' (MGSD). Where two items referred to SSB on an FFQ, typically one referred to soft drinks, and another referred to squashes or cordials (MGSD, Food4Me) or pre-packed juice (ToyBox).

Few FFQ distinguished between pure fruit juice, and cordials or squashes, with the exception of the ENERGY and Food4Me studies. Some FFQ contained an item that captured intake of a sugarless or low-calorie equivalent (EHYS, HAPIEE, IDEFICS, I.Family, Food4Me, Finnish and Russian Karelia study, and Larsson et al. ⁽ Reference Larsson, Klock and Astrom ⁷¹ ⁾).

Portion size

Several FFQ assessed the frequency of consumption only and did not record portion size⁽ Reference Prattala, Paalanen and Grinberga ⁶⁰ ^, Reference Weiland, Bjorksten and Brunekreef ⁶³ ^, Reference Nagel, Weinmayr and Kleiner ⁶⁴ ^, Reference Zaborskis, Moceviciene and Iannotti ⁶⁷ ^, Reference Larsson, Klock and Astrom ⁷¹ ^– Reference Luszczynska, de Wit and de Vet ⁷³ ^, Reference Cinar and Murtomaa ⁷⁶ ^, Reference Kolarzyk, Shpakou and Kleszczewska ¹⁰⁷ ^, Reference West, Sanz and Lussi ¹¹⁰ ⁾. Of the semi-quantitative FFQ that did assess portion size, many did so in-line using a standard measure and asking participants to specify the number of glasses of SSB consumed⁽ Reference van Stralen, te Velde and Singh ⁵¹ ^, Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ^, Reference Boylan, Welch and Pikhart ⁵⁸ ^, Reference Karamanos, Thanopoulou and Angelico ⁶² ^, Reference Luszczynska, de Wit and de Vet ⁷³ ^, Reference Mouratidou, Miguel and Androutsos ⁸² ⁾, in some cases specifying volume. The MGSD FFQ gave a standard portion as 300 ml or 1 can, whereas in the HAPIEE FFQ this was 2 dl. The EHYS FFQ informed participants that one glass approximated to 1 small glass bottle or 2 glasses approximated to a ½ litre bottle.

The ENERGY and ToyBox children's questionnaires provided the greatest detail on portion sizes. The former questionnaire asked participants to report the number of glasses or small bottles, cans and/or bottles, and specified volumes for each. The ToyBox questionnaire asked participants to select the average portion size ranging from '100 ml or less' to '1000 ml or more', and provided the volumes of typical containers. As part of the ToyBox FFQ, a photographic food guide was also provided to assist with portion size estimation. The Food4Me FFQ asked participants to select from a range of photographs which were linked electronically to portion sizes (in grams).

Dietary recalls

The characteristics of the identified 24-HDR are summarised in Table 4. The majority of the 24-HDR were used to determine estimates of dietary intake, comparing estimates across regions or over time. These instruments are already described in detail as part of the concurrent review on F&V intake⁽ Reference Riordan, Ryan and Perry ³⁷ ⁾; therefore only details on portion measurement are reported here.

Table 4 Summary of the 24 h recalls (24-HDR; n 6) identified for the assessment of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB): population, instrument purpose, mode, structure, prompts and portion estimation

On the ENERGY 24-HDR, participants could select 200 ml, 350 ml or 500 ml by way of selecting a glass or small bottle, a can or a large bottle, respectively⁽ Reference van Stralen, te Velde and Singh ⁵¹ ⁾. Portion size was also assessed using the HELENA-DIAT, SACINA and EPIC-SOFT instruments. EPIC-SOFT used six quantification methods including photographs and standard measures, both of which were used by the HELENA-DIAT tool. The IDEFICS SACINA tool measured SSB portion by glass using photographs of six different glass sizes. The EYHS 24-HDR interview was accompanied by different-sized drinking glasses and photographs to aid portion estimation.

Diet records/diet diaries

Only one diet record was identified, the self-completed 3d estimated record which was used in the SENECA study. This instrument is already described in detail in the concurrent review of instruments to assess F&V intake⁽ Reference Riordan, Ryan and Perry ³⁷ ⁾. The purpose of the study was to examine cross-cultural differences in nutrition and lifestyle factors⁽ Reference de Groot, Hautvast and van Staveren ⁴³ ⁾ and cross-cultural variations and changes in intake over time⁽ Reference Schroll, Moreiras-Varela and Schlettwein-Gsell ¹²³ ⁾. The population sampled was adults aged 70–75 years. The 3d record was used in conjunction with a frequency checklist of foods that was adapted to local food customs and the order in which they typically appear, and used during the follow-up interview to verify the record. For example, SSB were listed on the Dutch checklist as 'lemonades with sugar'⁽ Reference de Groot and van Staveren ⁴² ^, Reference Haveman-Nies, De Groot and Van Staveren ¹⁰² ⁾.

Discussion

The aim of the current review was to identify the methods used to assess intake of SSB in pan-European studies. The main dietary assessment methods were the FFQ, 24-HDR and diet record/diet diary. The review identified twelve instruments to assess intake of SSB in children or adolescents in the age range of 2–12 years, seven among children and six among adolescents. Fourteen instruments were identified that assessed intake of SSB among adults, three of which assessed parents or caregivers. Of the identified FFQ, thirteen could be used among adult populations, six among adolescents and six among children. A few key differences were identified between the methods, some of which have been reported previously⁽ Reference Cade, Thompson and Burley ¹²⁴ ^, Reference Thompson and Subar ¹²⁵ ⁾. For example, in terms of the FFQ, differences included: the definition of SSB used; the number and range of frequency categories; the time period covered by the FFQ; and the approach to determining portion size. Such differences, in particular, how SSB are defined, should be resolved if future instruments are to be standardised across Europe.

The present review is the first to systematically identify and describe instruments used to assess intake of SSB in pan-European studies. Although a growing body of research points to a possible association between the consumption of SSB and obesity, there is currently a lack of standardised instruments available for use in pan-European studies when measuring and monitoring the intake of SSB. A large number of instruments were identified through the review. Similar to the approach used for the concurrent review of methods to assess F&V intake⁽ Reference Riordan, Ryan and Perry ³⁷ ⁾, to reduce the number of instruments, identify potential instruments for use in future pan-European studies measuring SSB intake and determine those to be included in the DEDIPAC toolbox, two selection criteria were applied: (i) the instrument was tested for validity and/or reproducibility; and (ii) the instrument was used in more than two countries simultaneously which represented a range of European regions.

According to these selection criteria, five instruments were considered appropriate to assess SSB among adults in pan-European studies, namely those used by the EPIC, Food4Me, SENECA, ToyBox and ENERGY studies. However, only the Food4Me FFQ was tested for validity for intake of SSB (but grouped together with other drinks as 'other beverages') using 4d diet records⁽ Reference Fallaize, Forster and Macready ¹⁰⁴ ⁾. The HELENA-DIAT⁽ Reference Vereecken, Covents and Sichert-Hellert ⁵³ ⁾, HELENA online FFQ⁽ Reference Vereecken, De Bourdeaudhuij and Maes ⁵⁴ ⁾ and HBSC FFQ⁽ Reference Vereecken and Maes ⁹⁷ ⁾ appeared appropriate to assess intake among adolescents and demonstrated moderate to good agreement with 1d records and 24-HDR, four 24-HDR and 7d diet records, respectively. Only three of the four instruments selected to be used among children were tested for validity for SSB (IDEFICS FFQ, ENERGY and ToyBox)⁽ Reference Singh, Vik and Chinapaw ⁹⁸ ^, Reference Huybrechts, De Backer and De Bacquer ¹⁰⁰ ^, Reference Bel-Serrat, Fernandez Alvira and Pala ¹¹³ ⁾ and the ENERGY questionnaire was tested only for construct validity. The IDEFICS and ToyBox instruments demonstrated low agreement with 24-HDR and moderate to good agreement with a 3d diet record, respectively. It is important to note that these instruments were all tested for validity against other self-report (and potentially error-prone) methods, namely FFQ, food records, 24-HDR or interviews.

The two selection criteria, along with the summary of validation data, indicate the methods which may be appropriate to use in pan-European studies. However, as already outlined in the review of methods to assess F&V intake⁽ Reference Riordan, Ryan and Perry ³⁷ ⁾, ideally, an instrument should be tested for validity in the population in which it will be used and the purpose for which the instrument is intended should be taken into account. For example, most FFQ identified by the review were used to examine determinants of dietary intake or examine the diet–disease associations, in contrast to the 24-HDR and diet records which were used mainly to assess intake for cross-cultural comparisons, or over time. FFQ are typically designed to be population-specific, to capture dietary customs and foods⁽ Reference Thompson and Subar ¹²⁵ ⁾, and so the FFQ may not be the ideal instrument to use across several countries.

However, the current review has indicated how questions relating to SSB may best be structured, even across country-specific FFQ. For example, self-administered instruments should define SSB and provide examples to aid respondent comprehension. Furthermore, more than one item may be necessary to assess SSB; that is, the use of a single term such as 'soft drinks' to capture SSB may not be sufficient to fully assess intake of SSB as that term does not differentiate soft drinks, diet soft drinks and squashes. An agreement on a standardised way to assess SSB intake across instruments, including a requirement on assessing portion size in a systematic manner (i.e. clarifying units for participants, e.g. beaker=250 ml), would be a key step in harmonising the data collection in different regions. The feasibility of using the instrument is also an important consideration. Of the seven instruments that were tested for validity, three were self-administered, paper-based FFQ (IDEFICS, ToyBox, HBSC) which may require less resources (i.e. Internet/computer, personnel and time resources) than online or computer-based self-administered FFQ (HELENA, Food4Me) or 24-HDR (HELENA-DIAT). As discussed in the paper on methods to assess F&V intake⁽ Reference Riordan, Ryan and Perry ³⁷ ⁾, suitability of the instrument, based on the purpose of the study, must be weighed against feasibility.

When reflecting on the best approach to assess SSB intake, balancing purpose against feasibility is particularly relevant. A 24-HDR or diet record can offer a more detailed and potentially more accurate⁽ Reference Burrows, Martin and Collins ¹²⁶ ⁾ account of an individual's SSB intake (particularly if records are maintained throughout the day by respondents, and/or prompted appropriately e.g. as part of HELENA-DIAT). Furthermore, as recalls or records capture SSB intake in the context of overall consumption for the day, they also offer the potential to explore intake in the light of other dietary components and dietary/meal patterns throughout the day; such as the association of consumption of sugar-rich foods with skipped/missed meals or as a marker of poor diet quality⁽ Reference Sjoberg, Hallberg and Hoglund ¹²⁷ ⁾. However, given food intake has the potential to vary from day to day, it is generally accepted that where assessing an individual's usual intake is of interest, a single 24-HDR is not appropriate. As SSB ideally should be consumed on an occasional basis, it is possible that an assessment over a limited time period may not reliably reflect usual intake. Much of the current research around SSB has a strong policy focus, tracking global or country-level consumption frequency and relating this to wider health concerns such as obesity or type 2 diabetes⁽ Reference Popkin and Hawkes ¹¹ ^, Reference Imamura, O'Connor and Ye ¹⁶ ^, Reference Malik, Popkin and Bray ¹²⁸ ⁾. FFQ, particularly if made more comparable across regions (e.g. through standardising frequency categories and definitions of SSB), are valid for this purpose, and do not incur the same respondent burden and expense as the multiple 24-HDR or records which would be required to approximate an individual's usual intake. However, given the different opportunities offered by the different methodologies, it can be argued that to obtain a broader understanding of patterns of SSB consumption overall, both FFQ and diet records should be utilised. For example, the questionnaire used by the ENERGY study included elements of the FFQ and 24-HDR for the purposes of assessing SSB intake among children⁽ Reference van Stralen, te Velde and Singh ⁵¹ ⁾.

The current review is strengthened by the use of a comprehensive, broad search strategy, supplemented by hand-searching reference lists. Instruments were sourced through contact with study authors and reviewing the results of the review on methods to assess F&V intake. However, there remains the possibility that we did not identify all relevant articles. It is important to note that where a copy of the original instrument or article could not be accessed, the instrument description may be limited. The review is limited to articles published up to June 2014 and we cannot exclude the possibility that new instruments to assess SSB may have become available since the review was completed. Although we would expect more recent instruments to be similar to those identified by our review (i.e. predominantly FFQ and 24-HDR), it is possible that further online tools may have been developed. The advent of tools such as the Food4Me and HELENA FFQ⁽ Reference Maes, Cook and Ottovaere ⁵⁵ ^, Reference Tyrovolas, Psaltopoulou and Pounis ¹⁰⁶ ⁾, both which are administered online, suggests the move towards this approach, which also offers the opportunity for delivering personalised feedback messages on the basis of food intake data entered by participants.

While the review limited its focus to pan-European studies, as mentioned in the concurrent review on F&V intake⁽ Reference Riordan, Ryan and Perry ³⁷ ⁾, this is not to assert that other instruments tested for validity as part of non-European studies would be unsuitable for assessing intakes across Europe. Beyond examining the outcomes of validation studies, as was the case when reviewing instruments to assess F&V intake⁽ Reference Riordan, Ryan and Perry ³⁷ ⁾, the quality of the identified instruments was not assessed in the current review owing to the lack of an appraisal tool to rate dietary assessment instruments on the basis of their characteristics. As with the F&V review⁽ Reference Riordan, Ryan and Perry ³⁷ ⁾, comparing the characteristics of the instruments identified in the current review could inform how quality standards around dietary assessment instruments might be developed. Although the quality of each instrument could not be fully assessed, the review has provided a shortlist of potential instruments for use in future pan-European studies through selecting instruments that had been used across more than two European countries and those tested for validity for SSB intake. These results will contribute to the development of the DEDIPAC toolbox of dietary intake assessment methods, which should provide a basis for appraising and selecting suitable instruments to use in future pan-European studies.

Conclusion

The present review has identified a range of instruments to assess intake of SSB. Results indicate key differences between the identified instruments. In order to standardise and harmonise assessment methods between European countries and increase the accuracy with which intake of SSB is measured, it is essential that a clear and agreed definition of SSB be used: one which clearly explains what is captured by the term 'soft drinks', and which distinguishes between sugar-free or light drinks and sugared drinks, and between pure fruit juices and squashes. The review has indicated seven methods that were tested for validity and used in pan-European studies. These methods may be most suitable to assess the intake of SSB among adult, child or adolescent populations in future pan-European studies.

Acknowledgements

Financial support: The preparation of this paper was supported by the DEDIPAC Knowledge Hub. This work was supported by the Joint Programming Initiative 'Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life'. The funding agency supporting this work was The Health Research Board (HRB), Ireland (DEDIPAC/2013/1). Conflicts of interest: None. Authorship: F.R. planned and conducted the review, and drafted and revised the paper. K.R. planned and conducted the review, and drafted the paper. I.J.P. drafted and revised the paper. M.B.S. contributed to the planning, and drafted and revised the paper. L.F.A. contributed to the planning, and drafted and revised the paper. A.G. drafted and revised the paper. P.v.V. drafted and revised the paper. S.E. conducted the review of validation data, and drafted and revised the paper. M.v.D. conducted the review of validation data, and drafted and revised the paper. N.W.-D. conducted the review of validation data, and drafted and revised the paper. J.M.H. contributed to the planning, and drafted and revised the paper. Ethics of human subject participation: Not applicable.

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