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).