TABLE 1.

Trends over time in energy intake from SSBs and percentage of daily energy intake from SSBs in youth aged 2–19 y in the United States¹

	1999–2000	2001–2002	2003–2004	2005–2006	2007–2008	2009–2010	P value2
Energy intake from SSBs (kcal/d)
Total	223 ± 12	204 ± 7	216 ± 9	188 ± 11	162 ± 7	155 ± 7	<0.001
2–5 y	106 ± 10	116 ± 7	111 ± 8	85 ± 6	74 ± 4	69 ± 5	<0.001
Boys	111 ± 10	131 ± 11	115 ± 13	88 ± 10	77 ± 4	75 ± 9	<0.001
Girls	102 ± 15	103 ± 12	107 ± 11	83 ± 9	71 ± 7	63 ± 5	<0.01
Non-Hispanic white	96 ± 16	111 ± 8	111 ± 13	74 ± 9	74 ± 7	61 ± 4	<0.001
Non-Hispanic black	116 ± 11	148 ± 18	116 ± 10	107 ± 16	84 ± 13	114 ± 22	NS
Mexican American	139 ± 19	93 ± 11	119 ± 9	107 ± 17	80 ± 8	72 ± 6	<0.01
6–11 y	189 ± 12	155 ± 8	186 ± 12	130 ± 7	145 ± 6	118 ± 6	<0.001
Boys	209 ± 21	172 ± 8	215 ± 23	141 ± 12	162 ± 11	128 ± 7	<0.001
Girls	167 ± 8	137 ± 11	156 ± 10	118 ± 8	129 ± 7	108 ± 7	<0.001
Non-Hispanic white	203 ± 17	147 ± 12	192 ± 17	127 ± 13	149 ± 11	110 ± 5	<0.001
Non-Hispanic black	190 ± 14	165 ± 7	188 ± 13	136 ± 10	164 ± 16	137 ± 15	<0.01
Mexican American	150 ± 9	177 ± 16	206 ± 25	141 ± 11	140 ± 13	128 ± 10	<0.01
12–19 y	309 ± 17	284 ± 12	287 ± 11	276 ± 19	216 ± 12	225 ± 14	<0.001
Boys	361 ± 23	336 ± 18	333 ± 14	341 ± 30	246 ± 15	278 ± 22	<0.001
Girls	254 ± 17	232 ± 9	237 ± 15	206 ± 13	186 ± 14	175 ± 13	<0.001
Non-Hispanic white	302 ± 16	291 ± 16	289 ± 14	284 ± 28	222 ± 20	229 ± 24	<0.01
Non-Hispanic black	314 ± 14	272 ± 8	310 ± 21	285 ± 28	212 ± 16	228 ± 15	<0.001
Mexican American	288 ± 16	299 ± 10	293 ± 22	244 ± 10	212 ± 14	249 ± 25	<0.01
Energy intake from SSBs (%)
Total	10.9 ± 0.5	9.9 ± 0.3	10.1 ± 0.4	9.1 ± 0.5	8.3 ± 0.4	8.0 ± 0.4	<0.001
2–5 y	6.7 ± 0.5	7.0 ± 0.4	6.5 ± 0.5	5.5 ± 0.4	4.9 ± 0.3	4.5 ± 0.3	<0.001
Boys	6.5 ± 0.5	7.5 ± 0.6	6.8 ± 0.8	5.4 ± 0.6	4.9 ± 0.2	4.8 ± 0.5	<0.001
Girls	6.8 ± 0.9	6.5 ± 0.7	6.1 ± 0.6	5.6 ± 0.6	4.8 ± 0.4	4.1 ± 0.3	<0.01
Non-Hispanic white	6.0 ± 0.9	7.0 ± 0.5	6.5 ± 0.7	4.7 ± 0.6	5.0 ± 0.4	4.0 ± 0.3	<0.01
Non-Hispanic black	7.5 ± 0.7	8.3 ± 1.0	6.6 ± 0.7	6.7 ± 0.9	5.4 ± 0.8	7.0 ± 1.2	NS
Mexican American	8.7 ± 1.1	5.6 ± 0.7	6.9 ± 0.5	6.9 ± 1.1	5.1 ± 0.5	4.7 ± 0.4	<0.01
6–11 y	9.3 ± 0.4	7.8 ± 0.3	8.8 ± 0.5	6.5 ± 0.3	7.5 ± 0.3	6.3 ± 0.3	<0.001
Boys	9.8 ± 0.7	8.1 ± 0.3	9.5 ± 0.9	6.7 ± 0.5	7.9 ± 0.5	6.7 ± 0.3	<0.001
Girls	8.7 ± 0.3	7.5 ± 0.5	7.9 ± 0.5	6.3 ± 0.5	7.1 ± 0.5	5.9 ± 0.4	<0.001
Non-Hispanic white	9.7 ± 0.6	7.6 ± 0.6	9.0 ± 0.7	6.2 ± 0.6	7.5 ± 0.5	6.0 ± 0.2	<0.001
Non-Hispanic black	9.6 ± 0.7	8.0 ± 0.4	9.1 ± 0.7	7.3 ± 0.5	8.4 ± 0.9	7.1 ± 0.9	NS
Mexican American	7.9 ± 0.4	8.7 ± 0.8	9.4 ± 0.8	7.1 ± 0.6	7.8 ± 0.8	7.0 ± 0.5	NS
12–19 y	13.5 ± 0.8	12.3 ± 0.5	12.2 ± 0.5	11.9 ± 0.7	10.1 ± 0.6	10.4 ± 0.7	<0.001
Boys	13.8 ± 0.8	12.6 ± 0.7	12.5 ± 0.6	12.6 ± 0.9	10.1 ± 0.7	10.9 ± 1.0	<0.01
Girls	13.1 ± 0.8	12.0 ± 0.5	11.8 ± 0.7	10.8 ± 0.7	10.0 ± 0.8	9.6 ± 0.6	<0.001
Non-Hispanic white	12.9 ± 0.7	12.6 ± 0.6	12.3 ± 0.7	11.8 ± 1.0	10.0 ± 0.9	10.5 ± 1.2	<0.05
Non-Hispanic black	14.1 ± 0.7	12.4 ± 0.5	13.2 ± 0.7	12.7 ± 0.9	10.7 ± 0.6	10.6 ± 0.8	<0.001
Mexican American	14.4 ± 0.8	13.1 ± 0.5	12.6 ± 0.8	11.1 ± 0.4	10.2 ± 0.7	11.6 ± 0.9	<0.001

¹All values are means ± SEs. The data are from NHANES; n = 22,367. NS, P ≥ 0.05. SSBs include soda, fruit drinks (including fruit juices and nectars with added sugars), sports and energy drinks, sweetened coffees and teas, and other SSBs (including horchata and sugar cane beverages). SSB, sugar-sweetened beverage.

²Test of significance for a linear trend (1999–2000 to 2009–2010) with the use of a t statistic.