Table 2.
The consumption of water and beverages by by children in the NDNS sample (n = 845) by age group, gender, and socio-demographic group. The data are means and standard deviations (Std)
| All beverages including water | Milk | Soda | Juice | Tea and coffee | Fruit drink | Sport and energy drink | Flavored water | Supplement | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | Std1 | Mean | Std1 | Mean | Std1 | Mean | Std1 | Mean | Std1 | Mean | Std1 | Mean | Std1 | Mean | Std 1 | Mean | Std 1 | |
| All | 845 | 953.2 | 367.9 | 212.3 | 169 | 89.3 | 145.9 | 91.8 | 121.8 | 34.7 | 81.7 | 242.1 | 248.3 | 12.1 | 52.0 | 12.2 | 53.2 | 1.1 | 29 |
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4–8 | 436 | 896.5 | 313.1 | 240.5 | 158.9 | 46.7 | 92.0 | 91.3 | 114.0 | 23.6 | 60.2 | 241.3 | 238.1 | 3.9 | 29.2 | 8.2 | 44.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 9–13 | 409 | 1008.3 | 410.9 | 184.9 | 174.7 | 130.8 | 176.8 | 92.3 | 129.6 | 45.4 | 98.6 | 242.8 | 258.9 | 20.1 | 67.4 | 16.2 | 61.0 | 2.1 | 41.7 |
| <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.912 | 0.0003 | 0.9351 | <0.0001 | 0.0389 | 0.1614 | |||||||||||
| Gender | |||||||||||||||||||
| Boys | 430 | 969.2 | 362.3 | 229.2 | 179.9 | 92.0 | 162.2 | 99.2 | 133.0 | 35.7 | 88.4 | 249.9 | 241.7 | 14.0 | 52.8 | 14.4 | 58.4 | 1.21 | 31.6 |
| Girls | 415 | 936.3 | 373.3 | 194.6 | 155.2 | 86.5 | 127.0 | 84.1 | 108.5 | 33.6 | 74.4 | 233.8 | 255.0 | 10.1 | 51.1 | 10.0 | 47.1 | 1.0 | 26.2 |
| 0.2265 | 0.0058 | 0.5819 | 0.0801 | 0.7393 | 0.3727 | 0.2988 | 0.2455 | 0.8717 | |||||||||||
| Quartiles of IUC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q1 (poorer) | 148 | 863.8 | 338.9 | 213.9 | 166.3 | 85.3 | 136.4 | 72.2 | 112.4 | 58.2 | 119.2 | 238.9 | 233.7 | 11.4 | 54.0 | 6.9 | 35.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Q2 | 186 | 991.0 | 401.8 | 204.5 | 176.0 | 105.9 | 157.2 | 69.4 | 90.2 | 31.2 | 65.0 | 290.1 | 273.8 | 14.3 | 59.4 | 12.7 | 60.0 | 2.2 | 39.1 |
| Q3 | 215 | 964.6 | 339.4 | 214.5 | 168.9 | 91.1 | 154.6 | 105.7 | 136.9 | 32.8 | 82.9 | 227.0 | 246.1 | 9.5 | 44.0 | 11.3 | 46.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Q4 (richer) | 197 | 1021.2 | 392.7 | 211.2 | 166.7 | 94.9 | 150.1 | 115.7 | 133.4 | 26.6 | 69.3 | 226.8 | 244.6 | 8.7 | 40.9 | 15.5 | 60.2 | 2.8 | 46.7 |
| 0.0005 a | 0.9570 | 0.6828 | 0.0004 b | 0.0559 | 0.1317 | 0.7031 | 0.3994 | 0.3710 | |||||||||||
| Season | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winter | 230 | 920.2 | 314.5 | 213.7 | 162.7 | 83.1 | 146.2 | 111.2 | 131.2 | 27.7 | 65.0 | 219.9 | 224.2 | 8.2 | 39.3 | 12.1 | 49.6 | 2.5 | 43.2 |
| Spring | 233 | 1000.1 | 385.3 | 212.8 | 169.1 | 101.1 | 149.4 | 91.8 | 120.7 | 31.1 | 85.5 | 247.9 | 240.9 | 14.4 | 62.3 | 14.2 | 61.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Summer | 207 | 977.4 | 376.5 | 214.8 | 170.5 | 93.1 | 144.0 | 72.0 | 109.5 | 44.4 | 82.6 | 276.7 | 290.5 | 19.1 | 65.2 | 15.4 | 63.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Fall | 175 | 900.3 | 390.3 | 207.2 | 176.7 | 76.2 | 142.7 | 92.0 | 121.3 | 36.3 | 94.0 | 220.3 | 230.0 | 5.5 | 27.2 | 6.2 | 24.8 | 2.2 | 40.3 |
| 0.0283 | 0.983 | 0.2732 | 0.042 | 0.2071 | 0.1487 | 0.0556 | 0.0495 | 0.3657 | |||||||||||
| BMI | |||||||||||||||||||
| Under/normal | 607 | 944.4 | 372.0 | 216.0 | 170.8 | 88.3 | 145.5 | 95.5 | 127.1 | 30.4 | 76.8 | 228.5 | 246.3 | 11.9 | 51.8 | 11.2 | 48.4 | 1.5 | 34.2 |
| Over/obese | 204 | 976.8 | 355.1 | 196.3 | 162.9 | 93.3 | 149.8 | 80.5 | 106.1 | 48.5 | 96.0 | 276.5 | 246.4 | 13.2 | 54.6 | 16.7 | 67.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 0.0012 | 0.1811 | 0.7121 | 0.1081 | 0.0348 | 0.0431 | 0.7841 | 0.2814 | 0.1629 | |||||||||||
| Ethnic group | |||||||||||||||||||
| White | 723 | 970.8 | 359.3 | 213.3 | 171.0 | 93.5 | 149.2 | 94.1 | 125.2 | 35.6 | 84.4 | 259.2 | 254.3 | 12.6 | 53.4 | 14.1 | 56.7 | 1.3 | 31.4 |
| Non white | 122 | 863.3 | 402.9 | 201.6 | 141.6 | 88.2 | 142.7 | 113.8 | 103.2 | 35.7 | 61.1 | 241.3 | 239.9 | 10.0 | 44.9 | 1.6 | 10.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 0.0114 | 0.7432 | 0.0508 | 0.2160 | 0.4330 | <0.0001 | 0.4367 | 0.0004 | 0.1625 | |||||||||||
| Region | |||||||||||||||||||
| England: North | 201 | 934.3 | 329.8 | 227.5 | 179.0 | 70.7 | 100.8 | 99.0 | 134.1 | 27.5 | 65.9 | 249.8 | 232.1 | 12.6 | 56.0 | 12.8 | 50.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Central/Midlands | 142 | 966.3 | 378.4 | 202.2 | 157.2 | 90.7 | 143.5 | 98.3 | 125.0 | 59.1 | 124.1 | 289.1 | 261.8 | 11.2 | 45.4 | 8.4 | 44.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| England: South | 355 | 938.8 | 379.8 | 192.3 | 155.8 | 87.8 | 150.1 | 90.1 | 117.0 | 29.3 | 70.6 | 217.7 | 253.7 | 9.4 | 44.0 | 7.5 | 46.2 | 1.0 | 28.3 |
| Scotland,Wales, Northern Ireland | 147 | 1008.3 | 375.7 | 226.1 | 151.5 | 110.2 | 153.4 | 78.5 | 103.3 | 26.1 | 63.8 | 243.9 | 244.7 | 9.2 | 36.1 | 33.0 | 74.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 0.2661 | 0.0014 c | 0.0142 | 0.5772 | 0.0252 | 0.0268 | 0.4411 | 0.0265 | 0.3698 | |||||||||||
Data for beverages are by beverage type
aSignificant two by two differences: Q1 vs Q4
bSignificant two by two differences: Q2 vs Q4
cSignificant two by two differences: South vs Scotland Wales and N Ireland
1Std: Standard Deviation
Comparisons between two means were either significant (bold) or not