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Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- Approximately one-half of U.S. adults consumed at least one sugar-sweetened beverage on a given day.
- Men consumed an average 179 kilocalories (kcal) from sugar-sweetened beverages, which contributed 6.9% of total daily caloric intake. Women consumed an average 113 kcal from sugar-sweetened beverages, which contributed 6.1% of total caloric intake.
- Young adults had the highest mean intake and percentage of daily calories from sugar-sweetened beverages relative to older adults.
- Non-Hispanic Asian men and women consumed the least calories and the lowest percentage of total calories from sugar-sweetened beverages compared with non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic men and women.
Old men drink the most?
