Author, as appears in the article.: Guelinckx I; Iglesia I; Bottin J; De Miguel-Etayo P; González-Gil E; Salas-Salvadó J; Kavouras S; Gandy J; Martinez H; Bardosono S; Abdollahi M; Nasseri E; Jarosz A; Ma G; Carmuega E; Thiébaut I; Moreno L
Department: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia
URV's Author/s: Salas Salvadó, Jorge
Keywords: Water Fluid intake Children Beverages Adolescents
Abstract: Purpose To describe the intake of water and all other beverages in children and adolescents in 13 countries of three continents. Methods Data of 3611 children (4-9 years) and 8109 adolescents (10-17 years) were retrieved from 13 cross-sectional surveys (47 % males). In three countries, stratified cluster sampling design was applied to randomly recruit schools classes. A quota method was applied in the other countries to randomly recruit participants. Details on the intake of all fluid types were obtained with a fluid-specific record over 7 consecutive days. Results In the total sample, the highest mean intakes were observed for water (738 ± 567 mL/day), followed by milk (212 ± 209 mL/day), regular soft beverages (RSB) (168 ± 290 mL/day) and juices (128 ± 228 mL/day). Patterns characterized by a high contribution of water, RSB or hot beverages to total fluid intake were identified among the countries with close geographical location. Adolescents had a significantly lower milk intake and higher intake of RSB and hot beverages than children in most countries. The most consistent gender difference observed was that in both age groups males reported a significantly higher RSB consumption than females. Conclusion On average, water was the fluid consumed in the largest volume by children and adolescents, but the intake of the different fluid types varied substantially between countries. Since the RSB intake was as large, or even larger, than water intake in some countries, undertaking actions to improve fluid intake habits of children and adolescents are warranted.
Thematic Areas: Serviço social Saúde coletiva Química Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Farmacia Educação física Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: jordi.salas@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-2700-7459
Record's date: 2023-02-18
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-015-0955-5
Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: European Journal Of Nutrition. 54 69-79
APA: Guelinckx I; Iglesia I; Bottin J; De Miguel-Etayo P; González-Gil E; Salas-Salvadó J; Kavouras S; Gandy J; Martinez H; Bardosono S; Abdollahi M; Nasse (2015). Intake of water and beverages of children and adolescents in 13 countries. European Journal Of Nutrition, 54(), 69-79. DOI: 10.1007/s00394-015-0955-5
Article's DOI: 10.1007/s00394-015-0955-5
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2015
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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