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0000-0002-2795-7414
Current Organisation
Curtin University
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2017
DOI: 10.1016/J.DRUGPO.2017.09.011
Abstract: Social norms relating to youth substance use are changing. In Australia, alcohol use among adolescents has fallen dramatically and tobacco and cannabis use have also reduced, albeit more moderately. The aim of the present study was to identify (i) factors associated with compliance with recommendations for zero intake of alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis and (ii) factors associated with poly drug use (intake of all three substances). As part of the Young Minds Matter Study, a self-report survey was administered to 1661 Australian adolescents aged 15-17 years. The survey included items relating to: substance use psychological, social, and protective factors and demographic characteristics. Probit regression analyses were conducted to generate a model of factors associated with abstinence from all three substances and a model of factors associated with the use of all three substances. While there were substantial differences between the two models indicating that different factors may influence the initiation of substance use versus poly drug use, there were also several common factors that operated in opposite directions. These were child age, degree of parental supervision and monitoring, the experience of externalising problems, and a diagnosis of major depression. The results highlight the potential utility of targeting high-risk youth by identifying (i) parents' supervision and monitoring behaviours and (ii) children's externalising problems and symptoms of depression. Directly addressing these factors in substance-use interventions may delay or prevent initiation while also reducing the likelihood of adolescents engaging in poly drug use.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 24-02-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 13-05-2016
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-07-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-03-2022
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2021
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 04-05-2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-07-2013
Abstract: High consumption of refined carbohydrate, in particular sugar, has been identified as a possible contributory factor in greater risk of excess weight gain. In spite of data limitations, one recent paper suggests that Australian sugar consumption has decreased over the same time period that obesity has increased, a so called ‘Australian Paradox’. Given the significant public health focus on nutrition, we aimed to estimate Australian sugar supply and consumption over recent decades, to determine whether these data could be used to make any conclusions about sugar’s role in obesity. Foods high in sugar were identified. Data relating to sugar supply and consumption from 1988 to 2010 were obtained from multiple sources. Using these data we attempted to generate a time series estimate of sugar in Australia’s food supply. Australia produces and exports sugar from sugar cane and the sugar in imported foods has received little attention . We were unable to produce a reliable and robust estimate of total sugars in the Australian diet due to data limitations and a lack of current data sources. However, available Import data showed large increases in the volume and value of imported sweetened products between 1988 and 2010 to over 30 grams of sugar per person per day. Value estimates of local production of sweetened products also show substantial increases in this period. The Australian Paradox assertion is based on incomplete data, as it excludes sugar contained in imported processed foods, which have increased markedly. A major Australian public health target is to improve the quality of the food supply, and actions have been set in terms of achieving broader environmental changes. However, evaluation of progress is h ered by lack of high quality data relating to supply and consumption. We recommend the regular collection of comprehensive food supply statistics, which include both local production and imports. This would provide an inexpensive addition to survey data and could assist in monitoring sugar consumption trends in food supply. Such information would also help inform public health policy.
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 10-08-2018
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-2014
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