Decreasing trends in heavy sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in the United States, 2003 to 2016
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Sep 28, 2020
Vercammen KA, Moran AJ, Soto MJ, et al. - In the present study, the researchers sought to provide the most recent national estimates for trends in heavy sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) intake among children and adults in the United States between 2003-2004 and 2015-2016, to ascertain if these trends vary by sociodemographic characteristics, and to describe where SSB are acquired and consumed by the heaviest SSB consumers. The sample consisted of 21,783 children (aged 2 to 19 years) and 32,355 adults (aged ≥ 20 years). The prevalence of heavy SSB intake declined significantly among children (10.9% to 3.3%) and adults (12.7% to 9.1%) between 2003-2004 and 2015-2016. The majority of energy intake from SSB consumed by heavy SSB drinkers came from products purchased from stores and consumed at home. Heavy SSB intake is declining, but attention needs to be paid to certain high intake subgroups for which trends are not declining, particularly those between 40-and 59-year-olds and non-Mexican Hispanic adults.
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