Table 3.
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, according to different characteristics and age group, by young children (n 419) from seven large cities and two villages in China, November 2011–April 2012
| 5–5·9 years | 6–7 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 | 299 | 81·9 | 71·6 | 118·9 | 87·4 | 126·1 | 120 | 80·0 | 69·3 | 83·4 | 86·6 | 84·8 |
| Child’s sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 153 | 83·7 | 80·9 | 140·3 | 96·6 | 148·4 | 55 | 81·8 | 73·7 | 89·1 | 90·1 | 90·8 |
| Female | 146 | 80·1 | 61·9 | 90·8 | 77·2 | 95·5 | 65 | 78·5 | 65·6 | 78·7 | 83·6 | 80·0 |
| Child’s area | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 221 | 81·9 | 59·3* | 110·4 | 72·4* | 118·0 | 80 | 81·3 | 48·8* | 65·6 | 60·1* | 68·1 |
| Rural | 78 | 82·1 | 106·3 | 135·2 | 129·5 | 138·9 | 40 | 77·5 | 110·2 | 99·5 | 142·2 | 90·4 |
| Picky eating behaviour | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 143 | 86·0 | 93·6* | 148·3 | 108·9* | 154·7 | 52 | 84·6 | 75·8 | 86·0 | 89·6 | 86·7 |
| No | 151 | 77·5 | 52·0 | 79·7 | 67·1 | 84·8 | 66 | 75·8 | 63·0 | 81·5 | 83·2 | 84·2 |
| Mother’s education | ||||||||||||
| Primary school or below | 15 | 93·3 | 84·5* | 91·7 | 90·5* | 92·0 | 3 | 66·7 | 18·0* | 24·3 | 27·0* | 26·3 |
| Middle-school diploma | 88 | 83·0 | 114·9 | 168·1 | 138·5 | 175·6 | 48 | 83·3 | 95·7 | 90·4 | 114·8 | 87·2 |
| High-school diploma | 140 | 83·6 | 53·2 | 88·1 | 63·7 | 92·9 | 44 | 79·5 | 70·0 | 82·4 | 88·1 | 83·4 |
| College degree and above diploma | 50 | 72·0 | 37·3 | 62·5 | 51·8 | 68·5 | 24 | 79·2 | 24·4 | 49·2 | 30·9 | 53·7 |
| Mother’s BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||||||||
| <18·5 | 33 | 78·8 | 88·6 | 179·6 | 112·5 | 196·1 | 9 | 77·8 | 38·9 | 57·2 | 50·0 | 61·0 |
| 18·5–24·9 | 229 | 82·5 | 68·7 | 107·7 | 83·3 | 113·4 | 92 | 80·4 | 69·2 | 83·8 | 86·0 | 85·3 |
| ≥25·0 | 30 | 80·0 | 81·8 | 131·6 | 102·3 | 140·1 | 13 | 84·6 | 100·5 | 99·1 | 118·8 | 96·9 |
| Father’s education | ||||||||||||
| Primary school or below | 8 | 87·5* | 233·6* | 346·9 | 267·0* | 360·5 | 2 | 50·0 | 85·7* | 121·2 | – | – |
| Middle-school diploma | 73 | 82·2 | 109·0 | 143·7 | 132·6 | 148·3 | 40 | 90·0 | 121·0 | 101·7 | 134·4* | 98·4 |
| High-school diploma | 134 | 88·1 | 58·8 | 95·0 | 66·8 | 98·6 | 43 | 76·7 | 55·2 | 60·7 | 71·9 | 59·9 |
| College degree and above diploma | 68 | 69·1 | 34·5 | 49·9 | 50·0 | 53·3 | 31 | 80·6 | 29·7 | 48·9 | 36·9 | 52·1 |
| Father’s BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||||||||
| <18·5 | 6 | 83·3 | 25·7 | 38·4 | 30·8 | 40·5 | 2 | 100·0 | 76·1 | 74·2 | 76·1 | 74·2 |
| 18·5–24·9 | 182 | 79·7 | 63·5 | 102·5 | 79·7 | 109·1 | 73 | 80·8 | 64·1 | 76·5 | 79·3 | 77·7 |
| ≥25·0 | 101 | 86·1 | 93·4 | 148·3 | 108·4 | 154·7 | 35 | 80·0 | 84·9 | 101·8 | 106·1 | 103·5 |
| Family income (Yuan/person per month) | ||||||||||||
| Less than 2000 | 113 | 81·4* | 93·9* | 149·3 | 115·3* | 158·0 | 53 | 79·2 | 87·4 | 91·0 | 110·3 | 89·0 |
| 2000–4000 | 78 | 70·5 | 36·1 | 64·1 | 51·2 | 71·2 | 26 | 84·6 | 59·7 | 85·9 | 70·5 | 89·3 |
| 4000–8000 | 40 | 95·0 | 67·5 | 104·1 | 71·1 | 105·7 | 17 | 58·8 | 40·1 | 64·1 | 68·2 | 71·9 |
| More than 8000 | 14 | 71·4 | 93·0 | 204·7 | 130·2 | 234·8 | 6 | 100·0 | 42·8 | 19·2 | 42·8 | 19·2 |
| Meals outside the home/week | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 73 | 75·3 | 45·4 | 62·9 | 60·2 | 66·1 | 32 | 81·3 | 93·3 | 88·0 | 114·8 | 83·9 |
| 1 time | 132 | 86·4 | 80·6 | 133·0 | 93·3 | 139·0 | 47 | 83·0 | 59·4 | 82·6 | 71·6 | 85·9 |
| 2 times | 48 | 83·3 | 78·3 | 116·1 | 94·0 | 121·4 | 23 | 73·9 | 72·4 | 90·0 | 98·0 | 92·1 |
| 3 or more times | 28 | 85·7 | 85·9 | 147·1 | 100·2 | 154·7 | 14 | 92·9 | 62·1 | 63·0 | 66·9 | 62·8 |
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