[Beverage consumption among Chinese adults in 2010-2012]

Analyzing and described the beverage consumption among Chinese adults.

Using the data from nutrition and health monitoring of Chinese residents in 2010-2012. Multi-stage stratified proportion to the population cluster random sampling method was conducted to determine residents in 150 sites in 31 provinces. The food frequency questionnaire was used to collect the consumption frequency and amount of the carbonated beverage, fresh fruit and vegetable juice, fruit and vegetable juice beverage, lactobacillus beverage, dairy drink mix, coffee and tea beverage. The indicators of beverage consumption were calculated through weighted complex sampling processing by population data released by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2009.

In 2010-2012 the proportion of drinking beverages ≥ 1 times/day, 1-6 times/week, 1-3 times/month, < 1 times/month and none was 5. 7%( 95% CI 4. 4%-7. 0%), 24. 1%( 95% CI 21. 3%-26. 9%), 19. 5%( 95% CI 17. 0%-22. 1%), 9. 3%( 95% CI 7. 6%-10. 9%), 41. 4%( 95% CI 36. 4%-46. 5%), respectively. The proportion of drinking beverages ≥1 times/week among urban residents, men and18-44 age group was significantly higher than their counter part. The top consumption rate among the surveyed beverages was carbonated beverage with 41. 5%( 95% CI36. 8%-46. 2%). The average annual beverage consumption was 30. 6 L, with the highest consumption on tea beverage( 26. 2 L).

The beverage consumption rate was high among Chinese adults.