Table 10.
Sources of added sugars among children, adolescents, and teens (2–18 years) overall and across income strata, NHANES 2011–18: food categoriesa and ranking by added sugars as a percentage of total daily added sugars intake; values based on first day dietary recall.
| Food category | All individuals (n = 10,913)b | Low (PIRc < 1.35) (n = 4,588) | Medium (1.35<PIR<1.85) (n = 1,278) | High (PIR>1.85) (n = 4,216) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SE)d | Rank | Mean (SE) | Rank | Mean (SE) | Rank | Mean (SE) | Rank | |
| Soft drinks | 18.60 (0.61) | 1 | 19.68 (0.95) | 1 | 20.43 (1.20) | 1 | 17.38 (0.84) | 1 |
| Fruit drinks | 11.49 (0.47) | 2 | 14.01 (0.89) | 2 | 11.58 (1.08) | 2 | 9.56 (0.55) | 2 |
| Cookies and brownies | 6.72 (0.24) | 3 | 6.41 (0.33) | 4 | 5.72 (0.55) | 4 | 7.10 (0.35) | 3 |
| RTEe cereal, higher sugar (>21.2 g/100 g) | 5.54 (0.20) | 4 | 6.70 (0.33) | 3 | 6.44 (0.51) | 3 | 4.46 (0.27) | 7 |
| Tea | 5.18 (0.51) | 5 | 5.56 (0.99) | 5 | 5.64 (1.09) | 5 | 4.95 (0.65) | 6 |
| Candy not containing chocolate | 5.12 (0.25) | 6 | 4.85 (0.32) | 6 | 4.91 (0.55) | 6 | 5.30 (0.44) | 5 |
| Ice cream and frozen dairy desserts | 4.88 (0.25) | 7 | 3.88 (0.29) | 8 | 4.22 (0.42) | 8 | 5.82 (0.41) | 4 |
| Cakes and pies | 4.45 (0.32) | 8 | 4.69 (0.49) | 7 | 4.04 (0.63) | 9 | 4.36 (0.49) | 8 |
| Jams, syrups, toppings | 3.57 (0.20) | 9 | 3.13 (0.35) | 9 | 3.61 (0.51) | 10 | 4.00 (0.31) | 9 |
| Doughnuts, sweet rolls, pastries | 3.43 (0.18) | 10 | 2.90 (0.25) | 10 | 3.14 (0.51) | 11 | 3.78 (0.29) | 10 |
| Candy containing chocolate | 2.85 (0.24) | 11 | 2.48 (0.27) | 11 | 4.40 (1.06) | 7 | ||
| Sport and energy drinks | 2.83 (0.23) | 12 | 2.40 (0.30) | 12 | 3.24 (0.40) | 11 | ||
| Total daily added sugars intakef (g/day) | 67.53 (0.83) | 66.52 (1.34) | 68.02 (2.29) | 68.99 (1.4) | ||||
a
Those contributing at least 2% to total daily added sugars intake among all individuals (2–18 years); empty cells represent a food category contributing <2%.
b
Sample size for all individuals is larger than the total of the sample sizes for all PIR groups due to missing information for some individuals (income not reported).
c
PIR, poverty income ratio.
d
SE, standard error.
e
RTE, ready-to-eat.
f
Provided as reference to convert percentages to gram equivalents.