Table 2.
Beverage/food consumption during the previous day by age group and gender* among adults and adolescents aged 10–17 years participating in self-administered intercept surveys outside retail food outlets in Mississippi and Alabama, USA, August–November 2016
| Adults | Adolescents | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males (n 3950) | Females (n 7291) | P value | Males (n 1455) | Females (n 1947) | P value | |
| Beverage consumption from previous day (% yes) | ||||||
| Drank any regular soda | 66·3 | 67·7 | 0·14 | 69·7 | 70·2 | 0·73 |
| Drank ≥2 cans of regular soda | 41·8 | 39·4 | 0·01 | 39·7 | 34·8 | 0·003 |
| Drank any diet soda | 29·9 | 28·8 | 0·24 | 26·7 | 23·5 | 0·04 |
| Drank ≥2 cans of diet soda | 15·9 | 14·3 | 0·02 | 13·0 | 11·3 | 0·14 |
| Drank any sports/energy drinks | 50·4 | 35·0 | <0·0001 | 57·3 | 41·4 | <0·0001 |
| Drank ≥2 cans of sports/energy drinks | 32·1 | 19·1 | <0·0001 | 36·7 | 23·5 | <0·0001 |
| Drank any fruit juice | 55·2 | 60·9 | <0·0001 | 64·0 | 67·3 | 0·04 |
| Drank ≥2 cans of fruit juice | 28·9 | 29·3 | 0·61 | 33·7 | 32·3 | 0·38 |
| Drank any other sweetened drinks | 53·9 | 55·5 | 0·10 | 56·7 | 57·3 | 0·69 |
| Drank ≥2 cans of other sweetened drinks | 27·3 | 25·0 | 0·008 | 28·9 | 26·9 | 0·21 |
| Any sugary beverage consumed | 85·3 | 84·8 | 0·47 | 90·2 | 87·1 | 0·006 |
| ≥2 cans of any sugary beverage | 72·1 | 67·7 | <0·0001 | 74·2 | 69·2 | 0·001 |
| ≥3 cans of any sugary beverage | 56·0 | 48·5 | <0·0001 | 58·4 | 49·4 | <0·0001 |
| ≥4 cans of any sugary beverage | 40·9 | 32·3 | <0·0001 | 43·0 | 34·4 | <0·0001 |
| Mean no. of sugary beverages consumed/d | 3·3 | 2·8 | <0·0001 | 3·4 | 2·9 | <0·0001 |
| Drank any tap water | 67·2 | 65·4 | 0·06 | 69·5 | 61·1 | <0·0001 |
| Drank ≥2 cups of tap water | 42·2 | 40·7 | 0·12 | 41·8 | 33·2 | <0·0001 |
| Drank any bottled water | 80·5 | 81·0 | 0·52 | 82·1 | 83·4 | 0·31 |
| Drank ≥2 bottles of water | 56·6 | 56·6 | 0·98 | 51·2 | 49·4 | 0·14 |
| Where sugary beverages obtained in past week (%) | ||||||
| Home | – | – | – | 50·7 | 55·1 | 0·01 |
| School | – | – | – | 29·7 | 33·5 | 0·02 |
| Restaurant | – | – | – | 21·2 | 23·8 | 0·9 |
| Store | – | – | – | 32·3 | 33·5 | 0·45 |
| Elsewhere | – | – | – | 6·6 | 5·6 | 0·22 |
| Food consumption from previous day (mean) | ||||||
| Mean servings of salty snacks | 1·3 | 1·2 | <0·0001 | 1·5 | 1·5 | 0·19 |
| Mean servings of cookies | 1·1 | 0·95 | <0·0001 | 1·4 | 1·2 | 0·001 |
| Mean servings of candy, chocolate bars and hard candy | 1·1 | 1·0 | 0·0008 | 1·4 | 1·3 | 0·01 |
| Mean servings of salty snacks, cookies and candy | 3·0 | 2·8 | 0·0007 | 4·0 | 3·6 | 0·003 |
| Mean servings of fruit | 1·6 | 1·6 | 0·37 | 1·6 | 1·5 | 0·21 |
| Mean servings of dark green vegetables | 1·7 | 1·6 | 0·03 | 1·5 | 1·5 | 0·54 |
| Mean servings of fruits and dark green vegetables | 3·1 | 3·1 | 0·50 | 2·9 | 2·9 | 0·92 |
| Beliefs about foods/beverages | ||||||
| Mean perception of healthiness of tap water | 4·8 | 4·8 | 0·95 | 4·8 | 4·6 | 0·0005 |
| (scale 1 = bad to 7 = good) | ||||||
| Mean perception of healthiness of bottled water | 5·8 | 6·0 | <0·0001 | 5·8 | 6·0 | 0·01 |
| (scale 1 = bad to 7 = good) | ||||||
| Mean importance of large portions of beverage in deciding to purchase | 3·0 | 3·0 | 0·79 | 3·0 | 3·0 | 0·63 |
| (scale 1 = not important to 5 = very important) | ||||||
| Mean importance of low price of beverage in deciding to purchase | 3·4 | 3·6 | <0·0001 | 3·2 | 3·3 | 0·0009 |
| (scale 1 = not important to 5 = very important) | ||||||
| Mean importance of low calories of beverage in deciding to purchase | 2·8 | 3·1 | <0·0001 | 2·8 | 3·1 | <0·0001 |
| (scale 1 = not important to 5 = very important) | ||||||
*
Binary variables (percentages) were tested by two-sample z tests. Numerical variables (means) were tested by two-sample t tests with equal variance.