title: Beverage consumption of children and teens.
abstract: According to results from the 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey--Nutrition, children and teens get about one-fifth of their daily calories from beverages. As they get older, boys and girls drink less milk and fruit juice, and more soft drinks and fruit drinks. By ages 14 to 18, boys' average daily consumption of soft drinks matches their consumption of milk, and exceeds their consumption of fruit juice and fruit drinks. Beverage consumption by children and teens varies little by province, except in Newfoundland and Labrador where it tends to be comparatively high, and in British Columbia where it tends to be low.
authors.affiliation: Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6. didier.garriguet@statcan.ca
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garriguet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001628:Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002170:Canada; D002253:Carbonated Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008892:Milk / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D014867:Water