Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants, menuCH 2014.
| Total | People Who Consumed, SB–NEW 1 |
People Who Consumed, SB–CUR 2 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (%) | |||
| Female | 50.2 | 49.3 | 45.1 |
| Male | 49.8 | 50.7 | 54.9 |
| Age group (%) | |||
| 18–29 | 18.8 | 21.3 | 23.8 |
| 30–44 | 29.9 | 30.4 | 33.0 |
| 45–59 | 29.6 | 28.7 | 27.6 |
| 60–75 | 21.6 | 19.6 | 15.6 |
| Language region (%) 3 | |||
| German | 68.8 | 70.6 | 73.4 |
| French | 25.7 | 24.7 | 22.4 |
| Italian | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| Education level (%) | |||
| Low education (primary & secondary) | 47.4 | 47.4 | 47.8 |
| High education (tertiary & above) | 52.6 | 52.6 | 52.2 |
| Smoking (%) | |||
| Non-smoker | 77.6 | 76.3 | 74.0 |
| Current smoker | 22.4 | 23.6 | 26.0 |
| BMI group (%) 4 | |||
| Normal | 54.4 | 54.8 | 53.3 |
| Overweight | 30.7 | 30.0 | 31.4 |
| Obese | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.8 |
| Underweight | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Sample | 2057 | 1557 | 1081 |
| Prevalence consumption (%) | 75.7 | 52.5 | |
| Weighted sample | 4,627,878 | 3,549,786 | 2,506,418 |
1 SB–NEW includes all categories of sweet beverages. 2 SB–CUR excludes 100% juices (no added sugar), milk beverages, and other beverages with added sugar or sweetener, as defined in Table 1. All results were weighted for sex, age, marital status, major area of Switzerland, nationality, and household size. 3 German-speaking region refers to canton Aargau, Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Lucerne, St. Gallen, and Zurich; French-speaking region refers to canton Geneva, Jura, Neuchatel, and Vaud; and Italian-speaking region refers to canton Ticino. 4 BMI group: normal (18.5 ≤ BMI < 25 kg/m2); overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m2); obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2); and underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2).