Ethnic disparities of beverage consumption in infants and children 0–5 years of age; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011 to 2014

Table 3 Percent of children consuming different beverage types on a given day, NHANES 2011–2014

	0–5 months (n = 233)	6–11 months (n = 301)	12–23 months (n = 397)	2–3 years (n = 839)	4–5 years (n = 675)
	Mean ± SEM	Mean ± SEM	Mean ± SEM	Mean ± SEM	Mean ± SEM
100% Juice¹	10.13^a ± 1.96	38.78^b ± 3.68	58.23^c ± 3.48	53.97^c ± 2.37	49.05^c ± 3.26
Water²	24.69^a ± 4.45	61.88^b ± 2.92	77.46^c ± 2.83	82.18^c ± 1.55	79.23^c ± 2.30
Milk³	0.73^a ± 0.54	17.47^b ± 3.09	90.86^c ± 1.97	87.49^c ± 1.47	82.74^c ± 2.13
Diet Beverages⁴	0^a ± 0	0^a ± 0	2.11^ab ± 1.08	3.51^b ± 0.93	5.07^b ± 0.79
Sweetened Beverages⁵	0.66^a ± 0.52	5.05^b ± 1.00	30.97^c ± 3.73	40.19^cd ± 3.04	51.32^d ± 3.83
Coffee and Tea⁶	0^a ± 0	0.55^a ± 0.56	7.25^b ± 1.70	8.94^b ± 1.41	8.37^b ± 1.35

Data based on Day 1 dietary recalls
SEM, Standard Error of the Mean. 1) 100% Juice includes: citrus, apple, other fruit, vegetable, baby juice. 2) Water includes: tap, bottled, flavored, carbonated, enhanced, fortified, baby water. 3) Milk includes: milk, flavored milk, milk shakes, dairy drinks, milk substitutes. 4) Diet Beverages includes: diet soft drinks, diet sport drinks, diet energy drinks, other diet drinks. 5) Sugar Sweetened Beverages includes: soft drinks, fruit drinks, sport drinks, energy drinks, nutritional beverages. 6) Coffee and Tea includes: coffee, tea. ^a,b,c,d Means sharing the same superscripts are not significantly different across ages, p < 0.01

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