Table 3.
Median (P25–P75) daily intake (mL/day) of different fluid types and the percentage of consumers among adults (≥ 18 years), by country
| Mexico (n = 1677) | Brazil (n = 477) | Argentina (n = 1089) | Uruguay (n = 554) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (P25–P75) | % Consumers | Median (P25–P75) | % Consumers | Median (P25–P75) | % Consumers | Median (P25–P75) | % Consumers | |
| Water | 450 (180–900)b,c,d | 90 | 599 (349–1004)a,c,d | 100 | 386 (96–855)a,b | 84 | 325 (129–721)a,b | 89 |
| Bottled water | 390 (120–831) | 86 | 11 (0–311) | 52 | 0 (0–240) | 45 | 214 (0–596) | 68 |
| Tap water | 0 (0–0) | 18 | 357 (92–736) | 84 | 129 (0-493) | 63 | 0 (0–109) | 36 |
| Milk and derivatives | 60 (0–186)b,c,d | 62 | 34 (0–117)a,c,d | 57 | 0 (0–46)a,b,d | 32 | 0 (0–125)a,b,c | 38 |
| Hot beverages | 121 (0–286)b,c,d | 74 | 150 (51–263)a,c,d | 88 | 732 (431–1136)a,b | 98 | 699 (184–1356)a,b | 86 |
| Coffee | 81 (0–250) | 68 | 131 (35–250) | 84 | 71 (0–241) | 63 | 0 (0–129) | 41 |
| Tea | 0 (0–9) | 25 | 0 (0–0) | 23 | 0 (0–94) | 40 | 0 (0–0) | 21 |
| Mate | ND | ND | ND | ND | 488 (146–900) | 82 | 514 (0–1204) | 63 |
| Other hot beverages | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 0 (0–0) | 1 |
| SSB | 531 (300–895)b,c,d | 94 | 409 (195–669)a,c,d | 95 | 338 (82–754)a,b,d | 82 | 215 (30–559)a,b,c | 77 |
| CSD | 171 (0–390) | 75 | 168 (36–353) | 80 | 107 (0–366) | 65 | 50 (0–343) | 55 |
| Juice-based drinks | 17 (0–161) | 52 | 118 (28–275) | 79 | 0 (0–137) | 40 | 0 (0–20) | 26 |
| Functional beverages | 0 (0–0) | 13 | 0 (0–0) | 13 | 0 (0–0) | 8 | 0 (0–0) | 7 |
| RTD tea and coffee | 0 (0–0) | 19 | 0 (0–0) | 20 | 0 (0–0) | 2 | 0 (0–0) | 1 |
| Flavored water | 99 (0–300) | 66 | 0 (0–0) | 18 | 0 (0–50) | 29 | 0 (0–0) | 20 |
| 100% fruit juices | 0 (0–0)b,c,d | 23 | 50 (0–165)a,c,d | 65 | 0 (0–0)a,b | 15 | 0 (0–0)a,b | 13 |
| A/NSB | 0 (0–0)b,c,d | 13 | 0 (0–0)a,c,d | 22 | 0 (0–154)a,b,d | 41 | 0 (0–110)a,b,c | 33 |
| Alcoholic beverages | 0 (0–0)b,c,d | 13 | 0 (0–202)a,d | 47 | 0 (0–150)a,d | 47 | 0 (0–0)a,b,c | 24 |
| Other beverages | 0 (0–0)b,c | 7 | 0 (0–0)a,c | 10 | 0 (0–0)a,b,d | 3 | 0 (0–0)c | 7 |
SSB sugar-sweetened beverages, CSD carbonated sweetened drinks, RTD ready to drink, A/NSB Artificial/non-nutritive sweeteners beverages, ND no data
Wilcoxon signed-rank test (p < 0.05) to compare countries
aSignificantly different from Mexico
bSignificantly different from Brazil
cSignificantly different from Argentina
d Significantly different from Uruguay