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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 Jul 10;22(10):2244–2251. doi: 10.1002/oby.20834

Table 2. Overall proportion of participants reporting different frequencies of consumption within specific beverage categories (n =434).

≥2 per % 1 per day% 4–6 per week% 2–3 per week% 1 per week% 1–3 per month% < 1–3 month% Never%
LNCSB
Low/No Calorie or Diet Soda 16.6 9.5 5.1 8.3 7.1 7.6 15.2 30.7
Low/No Calorie or Diet Sweetened Coffee 18.0 6.7 1.8 2.5 1.6 2.1 4.8 62.4
Low/No Calorie or Diet Sweetened Tea 6.9 4.6 2.5 4.2 3.2 6.0 13.6 59.0
Low/No Calorie or Diet Sweetened Flavored Water 6.5 4.4 2.8 3.5 2.3 6.0 12.4 62.2
Low/No Calorie or Diet Fruit Juice Drinks 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.6 1.2 3.9 16.4 74.4
Low/No Calorie or Diet Sports Drinks 0.9 0.2 0.9 2.1 2.3 5.5 9.5 78.6
Low/No Calorie or Diet Sweetened Flavored Carbonated Water 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.8 2.8 11.1 81.3
Low/No Calorie or Diet Energy Drinks 0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.4 4.6 93.1
SSB
Regular Calorie Soda 0.2 0.7 0 0.9 0.92 1.6 15.9 79.7
Regular Calorie Sweetened Coffee 3.7 3.0 0 2.5 1.4 2.3 6.7 80.4
Regular Calorie Sweetened Tea 1.6 1.4 0.7 0.9 0.5 2.8 9.9 82.3
Regular Calorie 100% Fruit Juice 0.9 5.8 1.4 3.7 4.6 7.6 30.2 45.9
Regular Calorie Fruit Juice Drinks 0 0 0.5 0 0.9 0.7 10.8 87.1
Regular Calorie Sports Drinks 0.2 0.5 0 1.4 1.2 1.2 12.0 83.6
Regular Calorie Energy Drinks 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 96.8
Unsweetened Beverages
Bottle or Tap Water 80.4 11.3 2.5 2.1 1.2 0.9 1.2 0.5
Carbonated Water 3.7 3.5 1.2 1.8 1.8 7.1 11.8 69.1
Unsweetened Flavored Water 2.8 0.7 1.4 3.0 3.0 6.2 15.0 67.8
Unsweetened Flavored Carbonated Water 2.3 1.6 1.8 2.3 3.2 3.9 12.7 72.1
Unsweetened Coffee 30.2 6.2 0.9 3.0 1.6 3.5 4.6 50.0
Unsweetened Tea 11.1 8.8 6.2 10.8 3.7 7.4 12.9 39.2
Alcohol
Wine 3.7 4.8 4.2 11.3 7.4 13.6 20.3 34.8
Mixed Drinks 0.5 0.2 0.9 3.9 3.7 8.5 29.0 53.2
Beer 0.7 0.7 3.9 6.5 5.3 9.9 21.0 52.1
Hard Liquor 0.2 0.5 1.4 3.2 2.8 6.2 23.7 62.0