Table 4.

Beverage Pattern Trends in the United States for Children aged 2–18 and Adults Aged 19 and older, Nationally Representative

Panel A. The Amount of Beverages Consumed in Milliliters per Capita for Children
	1965	Ershow	Original	1988–1994	1989–1991	1994–1998	1999–2002	2005–2006
		1977–1978	1977–1978
Water intrinsic to food		393	393
Water added during cooking		95	95
Water as a beverage		624	624	835	520	531	715	552
Water added to other beverages		186
Water intrinsic to other beverages		594
Water total from all sources		1892
Unsweetened coffee & tea	72		62	27	39	22	18	19
Low fat milk	20		21	42	52	66	66	70
Diet	5		11	30	31	34	25	41
Nutrients	566		506	427	447	418	425	406
Caloric	212		250	436	311	455	525	442
Total milliliters of beverages	875		1961	1798	1400	1527	1774	1530
Panel B. The Amount of Beverages Consumed in Milliliters per Capita for Adults
	1965	Ershow	Original	1988–1994	1989–1991	1994–1998	1999–2002	2005–2006
		1977–1978	1977–1978
Water intrinsic to food		488	488
Water added during cooking		95	95
Water as a beverage		736	736	1248	792	856	1352	1127
Water added to other beverages		630
Water intrinsic to other beverages		429
Water total from all sources		2377
Unsweet coffee & tea	640		544	551	484	464	428	452
Low fat milk	14		18	54	53	57	68	62
Diet	13		27	117	95	119	159	220
Nutrients	306		328	419	317	340	431	458
Caloric	136		201	418	264	402	549	474
Total milliliters of beverages	1109		2437	2808	2005	2238	2987	2793

Note: The data are age and sex adjusted to 1965; for 1977–78 the 488, 95, and 736 come from the Ershow calculations.