Table 3.

Top five sources of added sugars and mean calorie intake from top five sources among high consumers of added sugars ^a aged 2–19 years, overall and by age, NHANES 2015–2018, on a given day (based on Day 1 dietary recall (n = 2144)) ^b.

Ranking	Food Category	Mean Added Sugars (kcal/Day) ± SE	% ± SE of Added Sugars c
All high consumers aged 2–19 years
1	Sweetened Beverages	186.3 ± 5.8	43.1 ± 1.1
2	Sweet Bakery Products	65.6 ± 3.5	15.2 ± 0.7
3	Candy	40.4 ± 3.2	9.3 ± 0.7
4	Other Desserts	31.2 ± 2.6	7.2 ± 0.6
5	Ready-to-eat cereals	22.5 ± 1.2	5.2 ± 0.3
High consumers aged 2–5 years
1	Sweetened Beverages	106.1 ± 9.6	32.5 ± 2.4
2	Sweet Bakery Products	61.2 ± 6.8	18.7 ± 1.7
3	Candy	33.5 ± 3.7	10.3 ± 1.1
4	Flavored milk/Milk substitutes	30.8 ± 4.9	9.4 ± 1.4
5	Other Desserts	26.4 ± 4.8	8.1 ± 1.6
High consumers aged 6–11 years
1	Sweetened Beverages	148.5 ± 6.5	35.1 ± 1.4
2	Sweet Bakery Products	72.3 ± 3.8	17.1 ± 0.8
3	Candy	49.1 ± 5.8	11.6 ± 1.3
4	Other Desserts	36.7 ± 3.4	8.7 ± 0.8
5	Ready-to-eat cereals	24.5 ± 1.6	5.8 ± 0.4
High consumers aged 12–19 years
1	Sweetened Beverages	239.8 ± 7.4	50.6 ± 1.5
2	Sweet Bakery Products	62.1 ± 5.9	13.1 ± 1.2
3	Candy	36.2 ± 4.3	7.6 ± 0.9
4	Other Desserts	28.7 ± 3.5	6.1 ± 0.7
5	Ready-to-eat cereals	23.1 ± 2.4	4.9 ± 0.5

Abbreviations: SE, standard error; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. ^a High consumers were defined as those who consumed greater than 15% of total calories from added sugars, which is 1.5 times higher than Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendation (i.e., <10% of total daily calorie intake). ^b The Day 1 24 h dietary recall was used to identify high consumers (n = 2144). ^c The population proportion (%) of added sugars is defined as the sum of the added sugars consumed from each specific food category for all participants in the designated group, divided by the sum of added sugars consumed from all the food categories for all participants in the same group, multiplied by 100.