Zhang YL, et al. - According to a recent consensus statement in Europe, the fasting time for clear liquid in children can be shortened to 1 hour prior to a surgery, but there exists no study to demonstrate the safety of 1‐hour fasting time for clear fluids in young children, so, researchers determined the gastric emptying time for carbohydrate‐rich drink and regular 5% glucose solution among children aged 3‐7 years. Following overnight fasting, participants were randomly allocated to ingest 5 mL kg⁻¹ of either carbohydrate‐rich drink or 5% glucose solution. After one week, the same participants ingested the other one. The gastric contents were analyzed via ultrasonography. For both the clear fluids, gastric emptying time was ascertained by using the antral cross‐sectional area as well as logarithms of gastric fluid volume. Data from 16 participants were examined. Findings revealed that compared with 5% glucose solution, carbohydrate‐rich drink had a slower gastric emptying but the residual gastric fluid volume was detected to be low one hour post-ingestion of 5 mL kg⁻¹ of either fluid.