Table 3.

Beverage Intake by Weight Status of HANDLS Participants Compared With Beverage Guidance^a

Beverage Classificationb	Beverage Consumption, mean (SEM), fl oz, by Weight Classificationc			Suggested Guidance for Beverage Consumption with 10% Energy from Beverages, fl ozd
	Normal (n = 589)	Overweight (n = 557)	Obese (n = 841)
Category 1	33.1 (1.5)	34.1 (1.6)	35.0 (1.3)	20–50
Category 2	9.6 (0.7)	9.5 (0.7)	9.3 (0.6)	0–40
Category 3	0.6 (0.1)	0.8 (0.1)e	0.5 (0.1)e	0–16
Category 4	2.2 (0.5)f	3.1 (0.5)g	5.7 (0.4)f,g	0–32
Category 5	13.6 (0.7)f	12.0 (0.7)h	8.0 (0.6)f,h	0–8, 100% fruit juices 0–1 alcoholic drink for women, 0–2 alcoholic drinks for men
Category 6	20.6 (0.9)	19.3 (0.9)	18.4 (0.8)	0–8

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HANDLS, Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span; SEM, standard error of the mean.

^a1 oz = 29.574 mL.

^bCategory 1, water; category 2, unsweetened coffee and tea; category 3, low-fat and fat-free milk and soy beverages; category 4, noncalorically sweetened beverages; category 5, caloric beverages with nutrients; category 6, calorically sweetened beverages.

^cWeight status defined on the basis of BMI (kg/m²). Normal weight was defined as BMI from 18.5 to 24.9; overweight was defined as BMI from 25 to 29.9; and obese was defined as BMI ≥ 30.

^dFrom Popkin et al.²⁶

^eMeans with significant (Bonferroni) differences for P = .0306.

^f,hMeans with significant (Bonferroni) differences for P < .0001.

^gMeans with significant (Bonferroni) differences for P = .0002.