Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Per capita trends (kcal/d), amount per consumer, % consumers by beverage category in US children 6-11 y old (1989-2008), nationally representative^{1, 2}.

From: Beverage patterns and trends among school-aged children in the US, 1989-2008

	CSFII 1989-1991					NHANES 2005-2006					NHANES 2007-2008
	Per Capita Trends (kcal/day)		% Cons.	Amt. Per Cons. (kcal/day)		Per Capita Trends (kcal/day		% Cons.	Amt. Per Cons. (kcal/day)		Per Capita Trends (kcal/day)		% Cons.	Amt. Per Cons. (kcal/day)
Sugar Sweetened Bev. (SSB)	130	± 11	79%	166	± 11	190*	± 9	88%*	214	± 8	209*	± 8	91%*	231	± 9
fruit drinks and soda	90	± 6	67%	134	± 6	114*	± 6	79%*	144	± 6	118*	± 6	77%*	153	± 7
low fat high sugar milk	1	± 1	2%	88	± 9	15*	± 2	12%*	116	± 9	5*†	± 1	6%*†	88	± 6
high fat high sugar milk	28	± 5	19%	147	± 12	44*	± 4	28%*	160	± 7	63*†	± 4	39%*†	163	± 9
sports drinks	1	± 0	2%	64	± 9	9*	± 1	11%*	84	± 11	9*	± 1	12%*	76	± 10
sweetened tea and coffee	10	± 2	13%	73	± 8	7	± 1	12%	59	± 6	12 V	± 2	19%†	63	± 6
other sugar drinks	0	± 0	1%	24	± 8	1	± 0	1%	84	± 26	2*	± 1	2%	126	± 32
Caloric Nutritional Bev. (CNB)	210	± 4	92%	228	± 5	140*	± 5	83%*	170	± 6	134*	± 6	81%*	166	± 6
high fat low sugar milk	168	± 4	84%	200	± 7	97*	± 4	67%*	146	± 5	85*	± 5	64%*	134	± 6
100% juice (fruit + vegetable)	42	± 2	46%	91	± 5	43	± 3	49%	88	± 3	48	± 5	50%	97	± 6
Low Calorie Bev. (LCB)	30	± 2	33%	91	± 8	30	± 5	42%*	72	± 9	27	± 3	40%	66	± 5
low fat low sugar milk	21	± 1	15%	142	± 14	24	± 4	23%*	104	± 10	17	± 2	19%	90	± 7
unsweetened tea and coffee	0	± 0	5%	2	± 0	0	± 0	2%*	3	± 1	0	± 0	3%	2	± 0
total diet drinks	9	± 2	17%	54	± 6	6	± 1	24%	25	± 3	10†	± 2	26%*	38	± 4
diet drinks	0	± 0	5%	3	± 1	1*	± 0	15%*	6	± 1	1*	± 0	13%*	9	± 1
diet tea and coffee	9	± 2	12%	73	± 10	5	± 1	10%	52	± 7	9†	± 1	15%†	58	± 7

¹ The studied sample included children aged 6-11 y old from 3 nationally representative surveys: CSFII 1989-1991, NHANES 2005-2006 and 2007-2008.
² Differences were tested using Student's t test. Comparing with 1989: * P < 0.05, comparing with 2005: † P < 0.05.

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