Table 1 Percent of children <1–5 years that consumed each beverage in NHANES 1976–1980, NHANES 1988–1994, and NHANES 2001–2006, categorized by age

Total Milk

<1 year

N/A

3.1 ± 0.7¹

13.8 ± 1.3

N/A

N/A

10.7

<0.0001

N/A

1 year

86.0 ± 1.8

90.8 ± 0.9

87.0 ± 1.4

4.8

0.0171

−3.8

0.0224

1.0

0.6610

2 years

82.9 ± 1.6

89.2 ± 1.1

88.3 ± 1.4

6.3

0.0012

−0.9

0.6132

5.4

0.0111

3 years

84.1 ± 1.3

89.4 ± 1.5

83.9 ± 1.8

5.3

0.0076

−5.5

0.0189

−0.2

0.9282

4 years

86.7 ± 1.2

86.5 ± 1.8

83.0 ± 1.4

−0.2

0.9263

−3.5

0.1248

−3.7

0.0448

5 years

86.2 ± 1.6

90.9 ± 1.3

84.0 ± 2.0

4.7

0.0226

−6.9

0.0038

−2.2

0.3904

Flavored Milk

<1 year

N/A

0.1 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.5

N/A

N/A

1.1

0.0310

N/A

1 year

1.4 ± 0.3

1.8 ± 0.6

6.1 ± 0.9

0.4

0.5510

4.3

0.0001

4.7

<0.0001

2 years

3.8 ± 0.8

2.2 ± 0.6

13.9 ± 1.4

−1.6

0.1096

11.7

<0.0001

10.1

<0.0001

3 years

3.6 ± 0.6

4.6 ± 1.1

15.7 ± 2.0

1.0

0.4248

11.1

<0.0001

12.1

<0.0001

4 years

5.4 ± 1.1

3.2 ± 0.8

19.8 ± 2.2

−2.2

0.1058

16.6

<0.0001

14.4

<0.0001

5 years

8.4 ± 1.1

12.3 ± 1.9

22.2 ± 2.4

3.9

0.0757

9.9

0.0012

13.8

<0.0001

100% Fruit Juice

<1 year

N/A

31.5 ± 2.4

38.5 ± 2.2

N/A

N/A

7.0

0.0316

N/A

1 year

36.0 ± 2.3

41.4 ± 2.3

63.3 ± 2.2

5.4

0.0969

21.9

<0.0001

27.3

<0.0001

2 years

36.1 ± 1.9

36.3 ± 2.3

61.3 ± 2.4

0.2

0.9465

25.0

<0.0001

25.2

<0.0001

3 years

32.0 ± 2.2

24.6 ± 1.9

54.7 ± 2.7

−7.4

0.0109

30.1

<0.0001

22.7

<0.0001

4 years

35.1 ± 2.1

25.8 ± 3.2

50.9 ± 2.7

−9.3

0.0151

25.1

<0.0001

15.8

<0.0001

5 years

32.1 ± 2.4

19.9 ± 2.1

41.7 ± 3.6

−12.2

0.0001

21.8

<0.0001

9.6

0.0265

Fruit Drink

<1 year

N/A

2.9 ± 0.6

7.6 ± 1.0

N/A

N/A

4.7

0.0001

N/A

1 year

33.4 ± 2.7

29.7 ± 1.7

27.2 ± 1.4

−3.7

0.2462

−2.5

0.2563

−6.2

0.0415

2 years

40.5 ± 2.5

36.5 ± 2.0

35.5 ± 2.2

−4.0

0.2115

−1.0

0.7366

−5.0

0.1348

3 years

41.2 ± 2.2

37.8 ± 2.6

38.7 ± 2.4

−3.4

0.3181

0.9

0.7992

−2.5

0.4426

4 years

40.9 ± 2.1

46.5 ± 2.7

42.3 ± 3.0

5.6

0.1016

4.2

0.2981

1.4

0.7022

5 years

41.8 ± 2.7

44.1 ± 2.8

51.7 ± 2.7

2.3

0.5543

7.6

0.0507

9.9

0.0095

Soft Drinks

<1 year

N/A

0.6± 0.3

2.4 ± 0.6

N/A

N/A

1.8

0.0073

N/A

1 year

25.9 ± 2.4

22.7 ± 1.5

18.8 ± 1.7

−3.2

0.2582

−3.9

0.0854

−7.1

0.0158

2 years

34.2 ± 2.2

37.1 ± 2.1

28.9 ± 1.9

2.9

0.3403

−8.2

0.0038

−5.3

0.0683

3 years

37.4 ± 2.2

40.3 ± 3.2

38.3 ± 2.7

2.9

0.4552

−2.0

0.6329

0.9

0.7961

4 years

37.6 ± 1.4

43.0 ± 2.7

41.2 ± 2.8

5.4

0.0758

−1.8

0.6435

3.6

0.2502

5 years

35.1 ± 1.8

46.3 ± 2.2

44.7± 2.5

11.2

0.0001

−1.6

0.6309

9.6

0.0018