Table 3.

Daily mean frequency of beverage consumption, mean amount of soda and juice intake and mean BMI according to the number of glasses of water consumed daily: fourth grade students aged 10–11 years, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

	≤3 glasses water/d	>3 glasses water/d	P
Daily mean frequency of intake
Sodas	0·74	0·60	0·17
Guaraná	0·45	0·45	0·64
Fruit juice	0·72	0·83	0·11
Milk	1·02	1·20	0·005
Mean amount (ml/d)
Sodas	274	291	0·07
Fruit juice	83	110	0·02
Mean BMI (kg/m2)	17·9	18·4	0·05