Figure 2

Time trends in birth characteristics and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages . Changes in mean birth weight, proportions of large and small newborns in the regional cohort (upper panel), and adjusted birth weight estimate (partial prediction “Year of birth”) in the regional cohort shown together with national consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (lower panel). ^a "Partial prediction Year of birth, Oppland 89-10" was obtained from the 1989-2010 Multiple Fractional Polynomial Regression (MFPR) model for BW (see method section).