Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among U.S. youth, 2011-2014

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• Journal Article:
  NCHS data brief
• Personal Author:
  Rosinger, Asher ; Herrick, Kirsten A. ; Gahche, Jaime J. ; Park, Sohyun
• Description:
  Sugar-sweetened beverages contribute calories and added sugars to the diets of U.S. children (1). Studies have suggested a link between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and dental caries, weight gain, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children (2–6). The 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend reducing added sugars consumption to less than 10% of calories per day and, specifically, to choose beverages with no added sugars (1). This report presents results for consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among U.S. youth aged 2–19 years for 2011–2014 by sex, age, and race and Hispanic origin.
  
  Key findings
  
  Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  
  • Almost two-thirds of boys and girls consumed at least one sugar-sweetened beverage on a given day.
  
  • Boys consumed an average 164 kilocalories (kcal) from sugar-sweetened beverages, which contributed 7.3% of total daily caloric intake. Girls consumed an average 121 kcal from sugar-sweetened beverages, which contributed 7.2% of total daily caloric intake.
  
  • Among both boys and girls, older youth had the highest mean intake and percentage of daily calories from sugar- sweetened beverages relative to younger children.
  
  • Non-Hispanic Asian boys and girls consumed the least calories and the lowest percentage of total calories from sugar-sweetened beverages compared with non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic boys and girls.
  
  Suggested citation: Rosinger A, Herrick K, Gahche J, Park S. Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among U.S. youth, 2011–2014. NCHS data brief, no 271. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2017.
  
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• Subjects:
  Adolescent Beverages Child Child, Preschool Dietary Sucrose Nutrition Surveys Sweetening Agents
• Source:
  NCHS data brief ; no. 271 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2017–1209
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  8 Pages
• Issue:
  271
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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