Table 2.
Proportion of US infants and toddlers aged 6 to 23 months consuming any added sugars on a given day, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-2016
| Characteristic | Infants Aged 6-11 mo |
Toddlers Aged 12-23 moa |
Total Children Aged 6-23 mo |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nb | % (95% CIc) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | |
| Total | 560 | 60.6 (55.6-65.4) | 651 | 98.3 (97.0-99.2) | 1,211 | 84.4 (81.9-86.7) |
| Boys | 275 | 59.5 (52.4-66.4) | 341 | 98.6 (96.6-99.5) | 616 | 84.7 (81.3-87.7) |
| Girls | 285 | 61.8 (54.5-68.7) | 310 | 98.1 (95.2-99.5) | 595 | 84.0 (80.4-87.2) |
| Race and Hispanic origind | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 185 | 65.2 (55.8-73.9) | 177 | 99.6 (97.2-100.0)i | 362 | 86.5 (81.5-90.5) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 107 | 51.9 (40.1-63.5) | 144 | 94.1 (86.4-98.1) | 251 | 76.6 (69.5-82.7)k |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 33 | h | 47 | 96.7 (80.9-100)j | 80 | 74.6 (58.7-86.9) |
| Hispanic | 199 | 61.2 (51.6-70.2) | 230 | 98.5 (94.0-99.9) | 429 | 86.0 (81.9-89.5) |
| Family income levele | ||||||
| ≤185% FPLf | 306 | 62.6 (56.9-68.1) | 351 | 98.5 (96.5-99.5) | 657 | 85.3 (82.3-87.9) |
| >185% FPL | 204 | 59.2 (51.8-66.3) | 246 | 98.0 (95.0-99.4) | 450 | 83.8 (79.9-87.1) |
| Head-of-household educational attainmentg | ||||||
| High school degree or less | 254 | 59.2 (51.5-66.5) | 281 | 98.8 (96.6-99.7) | 535 | 84.3 (80.1-87.9) |
| More than a high school degree | 283 | 61.9 (54.4-69.0) | 351 | 98.0 (95.7-99.3) | 634 | 84.8 (81.1-88.0) |
Toddlers aged 12 to 23 months significantly different from infants aged 6 to 11 months for all subgroups (P<0.001).
Unweighted sample size includes responses from all reliable and complete recalls, including infants and toddlers who reported consuming breastmilk on the day of the recall (n=205).
The Korn and Graubard method37 was used to construct 95% CIs.
Estimates for non-Hispanic persons reporting more than one race are not shown separately but are included in the total.
Family income level is missing for 50 participants aged 6 to 11 months and 54 participants aged 12 to 23 months.
FPL=federal poverty level.
Head-of-household educational attainment missing 23 participants for 6-11 months and 19 participants for 12-23 months.
Estimate does not meet National Center for Health Statistics standards of reliability.37
Non-Hispanic white toddlers significantly different from non-Hispanic black toddlers (P=0.03).
Standard error based on <8 degrees of freedom.
Non-Hispanic black infants and toddlers significantly different from non-Hispanic white (P=0.01) and Hispanic infants and toddlers (P=0.01).