Table 2.
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, according to different characteristics and age group, by young children (n 527) from seven large cities and two villages in China, November 2011–April 2012
| 3–3·9 years | 4–4·9 years | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per capita (ml/d) | Per consumer (ml/d) | Per capita (ml/d) | Per consumer (ml/d) | |||||||||
| Characteristic | Sample size | Consumer (%) | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Sample size | Consumer (%) | Mean | sd | Mean | sd |
| Total | 190 | 82·1 | 57·1 | 95·7 | 69·5 | 101·5 | 337 | 78·6 | 56·9 | 91·1 | 72·3 | 97·2 |
| Child’s sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 95 | 81·1 | 75·4* | 119·6 | 93·0* | 126·6 | 190 | 78·9 | 64·2 | 105·9 | 81·3 | 113·3 |
| Female | 95 | 83·2 | 38·8 | 58·6 | 46·7 | 61·4 | 147 | 78·2 | 47·3 | 66·5 | 60·5 | 69·7 |
| Child’s area | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 149 | 78·5* | 38·9* | 73·7 | 49·6* | 80·0 | 271 | 77·5 | 49·4* | 77·4 | 63·8* | 82·5 |
| Rural | 41 | 95·1 | 123·2 | 132·2 | 129·5 | 132·5 | 66 | 83·3 | 87·5 | 129·9 | 104·9 | 135·8 |
| Picky eating behaviour | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 107 | 78·5 | 65·0 | 113·7 | 82·9 | 122·6 | 194 | 85·6* | 66·5* | 100·5 | 77·7 | 104·6 |
| No | 81 | 87·7 | 47·3 | 65·3 | 54·0 | 67·2 | 137 | 70·1 | 44·9 | 76·2 | 64·1 | 84·1 |
| Mother’s education | ||||||||||||
| Primary school or below | 10 | 80·0 * | 87·9* | 125·9 | 109·8* | 132·7 | 21 | 57·1* | 39·2 | 68·5 | 68·6 | 79·6 |
| Middle-school diploma | 45 | 91·1 | 88·5 | 114·4 | 97·1 | 116·4 | 85 | 82·4 | 76·2 | 121·0 | 92·5 | 127·6 |
| High-school diploma | 82 | 85·4 | 55·5 | 95·7 | 65·0 | 100·6 | 157 | 80·9 | 54·0 | 82·4 | 66·7 | 86·9 |
| College degree and above diploma | 47 | 68·1 | 22·0 | 54·0 | 32·2 | 63·1 | 66 | 72·7 | 44·2 | 70·1 | 60·7 | 76·0 |
| Mother’s BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||||||||
| <18·5 | 28 | 82·1 | 35·5 | 67·1 | 43·3 | 71·9 | 36 | 72·2 | 40·3 | 80·6 | 55·8 | 90·6 |
| 18·5–24·9 | 139 | 82·0 | 60·0 | 102·5 | 73·1 | 109·0 | 259 | 80·3 | 57·5 | 90·4 | 71·5 | 95·7 |
| ≥25·0 | 19 | 89·5 | 66·8 | 80·4 | 74·7 | 81·6 | 31 | 74·2 | 77·2 | 113·8 | 104·0 | 121·4 |
| Father’s education | ||||||||||||
| Primary school or below | 4 | 75·0 | 73·0* | 88·8 | 97·3* | 91·0 | 12 | 50·0* | 44·5* | 74·6 | 89·0* | 86·5 |
| Middle-school diploma | 42 | 90·5 | 96·4 | 122·9 | 106·6 | 125·0 | 86 | 84·9 | 87·5 | 124·9 | 103·1 | 129·5 |
| High-school diploma | 78 | 82·1 | 44·4 | 61·5 | 54·1 | 63·9 | 153 | 79·7 | 56·5 | 82·2 | 70·9 | 86·4 |
| College degree and above diploma | 52 | 73·1 | 33·3 | 95·2 | 45·5 | 109·2 | 76 | 73·7 | 29·9 | 53·3 | 40·5 | 58·6 |
| Father’s BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||||||||
| <18·5 | 6 | 50·0* | 17·3 | 23·5 | 34·6 | 21·9 | 4 | 75·0 | 89·0 | 96·0 | 118·7 | 92·3 |
| 18·5–24·9 | 104 | 87·5 | 54·1 | 88·7 | 61·8 | 92·3 | 216 | 75·5 | 53·9 | 90·0 | 71·4 | 97·5 |
| ≥25·0 | 72 | 75·0 | 64·7 | 111·0 | 86·2 | 120·9 | 97 | 83·5 | 62·2 | 88·9 | 74·5 | 92·5 |
| Family income (Yuan/person per month) | ||||||||||||
| Less than 2000 | 59 | 83·1 | 79·6 | 131·2 | 95·8 | 138·7 | 121 | 82·6 | 71·6 | 107·5 | 86·7 | 112·7 |
| 2000–4000 | 55 | 83·6 | 47·2 | 75·1 | 56·4 | 79·0 | 97 | 71·1 | 48·0 | 81·6 | 67·5 | 89·8 |
| 4000–8000 | 31 | 83·9 | 55·5 | 88·1 | 66·1 | 92·6 | 52 | 80·8 | 41·2 | 61·5 | 51·0 | 64·7 |
| More than 8000 | 10 | 60·0 | 11·6 | 19·3 | 19·4 | 22·1 | 9 | 77·8 | 32·6 | 76·5 | 41·9 | 85·8 |
| Meals outside the home/week | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 42 | 76·2 | 42·4* | 69·9 | 55·6 | 75·5 | 97 | 76·3 | 48·8 | 63·2 | 63·9 | 65·4 |
| 1 time | 71 | 83·1 | 49·9 | 82·1 | 60·0 | 86·7 | 118 | 78·8 | 49·5 | 79·7 | 62·8 | 85·0 |
| 2 times | 43 | 86·0 | 91·5 | 138·7 | 106·4 | 144·3 | 72 | 81·9 | 68·7 | 104·7 | 83·8 | 110·1 |
| 3 or more times | 23 | 82·6 | 39·9 | 46·5 | 48·3 | 47·0 | 27 | 70·4 | 61·9 | 78·0 | 87·9 | 79·8 |
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