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. 2014 May 27;17(10):2166–2175. doi: 10.1017/S1368980014000998

Table 2.

Volume of water (ml/d) from different beverage groups and water in foods consumed by age group; children and adolescents aged 1–18 years (n 6867), Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey, 2012

Age 1–3 years Age 4–8 years Age 9–13 years Age 14–18 years
Per capita (ml/d) Per capita (ml/d) Per capita (ml/d) Per capita (ml/d)
Mean se % of total Mean se % of total Mean se % of total Mean se % of total
Total daily water 1283·0a 31·2 100 1426·8b 25·7 100 1658·4c 28·3 100 1966·5d 51·2 100
Water from foods 539·8a,b 22·6 42·1 504·8a 11·6 35·4 597·2b 16·5 36·0 576·2b 22·5 29·3
Water from beverages† 743·2a 23·0 57·9 922·1b 21·5 64·6 1061·2c 20·0 64·0 1390·3d 41·0 70·7
Water
Plain 227·0a 9·5 17·7 350·2b 13·2 24·5 426·9c 14·7 25·7 632·2d 28·0 32·2
Flavoured/caloric 7·3a 2·3 0·6 19·4a,b 4·2 1·4 15·1a,b 2·5 0·9 24·9b 5·6 1·3
Agua fresca (fruit water) 55·7a 6·0 4·3 125·5b 10·1 8·8 142·9b 11·6 8·6 120·3b 14·4 6·1
Coffee/tea
Caloric 27·4a 2·6 2·1 39·1b 3·3 2·7 59·2c 4·8 3·6 74·4c 6·4 3·8
Plain/low calorie 40·4a 17·5 3·1 35·1a 4·0 2·5 44·0a 5·3 2·7 38·5a 4·3 2·0
Soda
Caloric 28·9a 2·0 2·3 62·7b 4·0 4·4 115·6c 6·2 7·0 216·4d 11·9 11·0
Low calorie 7·2a 1·1 0·6 24·2a,b 7·8 1·7 26·9b 7·0 1·6 37·5b 6·5 1·9
Fruit & vegetable juice
100 % natural juice 7·6a 1·9 0·6 6·6a 1·1 0·5 7·1a 1·6 0·4 16·5a 5·9 0·8
Fruit/vegetable drinks 49·5a 4·5 3·9 51·1a 3·8 3·6 37·4a 3·7 2·3 54·8a 9·2 2·8
Milk & milk beverages
Plain, high fat 145·8a 8·1 11·4 79·1b 5·5 5·5 66·2b 5·0 4·0 46·8c 4·8 2·4
Plain, low fat 13·4a 3·8 1·0 8·5a 1·9 0·6 3·6a,b 1·1 0·2 2·2b 0·8 0·1
Milk beverages, flavoured 81·3a 9·6 6·3 70·3a 4·7 4·9 69·8a,b 8·1 4·2 50·3b 5·1 2·6
Milk with cereal 16·5a 2·0 1·3 24·1a 2·4 1·7 17·5a 2·2 1·1 20·8a 2·8 1·1
Atole
Milk base 19·2a 5·4 1·5 7·9a 1·2 0·6 11·7a 1·7 0·7 6·6a 1·3 0·3
Water base 8·4a 1·6 0·7 10·9a 1·7 0·8 11·9a 2·3 0·7 8·3a 2·2 0·4
Sports & energy drinks 1·6a 0·8 0·1 3·4a 1·5 0·2 2·5a 1·3 0·1 4·0a 2·2 0·2
Alcoholic beverages 0·7a 0·7 0·0 30·0b 9·7 1·5
Other beverages 6·1a 1·3 0·5 4·1a,b 0·6 0·3 2·1b 0·6 0·1 5·8a,b 2·3 0·3

†Includes plain water.

a,b,c,dStatistical comparisons are made between age groups. Mean estimates within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different, Bonferroni-adjusted Student’s t test (P<0·05).