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Child Beverage Consumption in US Early Care and Education Settings, 2008-2020
Daniel A Zaltz1, Roni A Neff2, Lorrene D Ritchie3
1Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON.
Objective:
Describe young children's beverage intake in early care and education (ECE) settings between 2008 and 2020 across multiple states in the US.
Methods:
Multivariable-adjusted, age-stratified estimates of beverage consumption among children aged 12-60 months (n = 4,457) in ECE centers and homes (n = 846).
Results:
During any given day in ECE, younger children had a 79.7% per-meal probability of consuming milk, 8.9% water, 19.8% 100% juice, and 3.2% sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), and a per-meal mean intake of 1.5 oz milk, 1.7 oz water, 2.2 oz 100% juice, and 2.9 oz SSBs. Older children had an 87.2% probability of consuming milk, 0.6% water, 2.9% 100% juice, and 4.2% SSBs, and a mean intake of 4.2 oz milk, 2.3 oz water, 3.6 oz 100% juice, and 5.9 oz SSBs.
Conclusions And Implications:
There is room to improve beverage intake in ECE, with a focus on increasing water and decreasing juice and SSB consumption. These results may justify policies to limit or prohibit juice consumption in ECE.
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