title: Opportunities to reduce children's excessive consumption of calories from beverages.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe children's consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and 100% fruit juice (FJ), and identify factors that may reduce excessive consumption.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 830 parents of young children completed a 36-item questionnaire at the pediatricians' office.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children consumed soda (62.2%), other SSBs (61.6%), and FJ (88.2%): 26.9% exceeded the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommended daily FJ intake. 157 (18.9%) children consumed excessive calories (>200 kcal/d) from beverages (median = 292.2 kcal/d, range 203.8-2177.0 kcal/d). Risk factors for excessive calorie consumption from beverages were exceeding recommendations for FJ (odds ratio [OR] = 119.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 52.2-274.7), being 7 to 12 years old (OR = 4.3, 95%CI = 1.9-9.9), and having Medicaid insurance (OR = 2.6, 95%CI = 1.1-6.0). Parents would likely reduce beverage consumption if recommended by the physician (65.6%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  About 1 in 5 children consumes excessive calories from soda, other SSBs and FJ, with FJ the major contributor.
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Rader
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Kathy B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sterkel
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Strunk
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA jgarbutt@dom.wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Garbutt
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001628:Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002253:Carbonated Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013549:Sweetening Agents; D014861:Washington
chemical_list: D013549:Sweetening Agents
keywords: fruit juice; intervention strategies; obesity; practice-based research network; sugar-sweetened beverages