Daniel A Zaltz, Roni A Neff, Lorrene D Ritchie, Jamie F Chriqui, Sara E Benjamin-Neelon
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Abstract
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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The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), the official journal of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, is a refereed, scientific periodical that serves as a global resource for all professionals with an interest in nutrition education; nutrition and physical activity behavior theories and intervention outcomes; complementary and alternative medicine related to nutrition behaviors; food environment; food, nutrition, and physical activity communication strategies including technology; nutrition-related economics; food safety education; and scholarship of learning related to these areas.
The purpose of JNEB is to document and disseminate original research and emerging issues and practices relevant to these areas worldwide. The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior welcomes evidence-based manuscripts that provide new insights and useful findings related to nutrition education research, practice and policy. The content areas of JNEB reflect the diverse interests in nutrition and physical activity related to public health, nutritional sciences, education, behavioral economics, family and consumer sciences, and eHealth, including the interests of community-based nutrition-practitioners. As the Society''s official journal, JNEB also includes policy statements, issue perspectives, position papers, and member communications.