Beverage Choices Affect Adequacy of Children's Nutrient Intakes

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MILK consumption among children and adolescents in the United States decreased 25% to 30% and the consumption of citrus juice declined slightly between 1977-78 and 1994-95,1 while carbonated soda consumption increased 41% between 1989-91 and 1994-95.2 Investigators have asserted that the displacement of milk and juice with carbonated sodas in children's diets has a negative effect on nutritional quality.3,4 Milk and juice are among the top sources of vitamin A, vitamin C, B vitamins, vitamin D, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus for children in the United States.5,6 The Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring in the United States has identified calcium as a nutrient of current public health concern, and vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, vitamin B12, and magnesium as nutrients of potential public health concern.7 We investigated interrelationships among consumption of milk, juice, fruit-flavored drinks, and carbonated sodas and their association with the intakes of these 6 nutrients among children aged 2 to 17 years in the 1994-96 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII).8

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