A team of scientists has produced one of the most comprehensive assessments of beverage intake around the world.
A team of scientists has produced one of the most comprehensive assessments of the quantities of different beverages that people drink around the world.
"The Global Dietary Database 2015 provides the most comprehensive estimates of non-alcoholic beverage consumption in 185 countries of the world, and further by age, sex, education, urban/rural location and time," Lara-Castor told"For sugar-sweetened beverages, fruit juice and milk, these data reflect updated and expanded estimates of the 2010 GDD, while for coffee and tea these constitute the first global quantitative estimates to be ever...
The team identified national and subnational survey data on beverage intake within the GDD and then used statistical modelling methods to come up with their results. Within Latin America—where homemade and commercial SSBs are widely consumed—the highest intake was in Mexico where adults, on average, drank more than 19 ounces per day—roughly equivalent to 2.5 cups. The South American nation of Suriname and the Caribbean island of Jamaica came in second and third place respectively.
Around the world, fruit juice intake was higher at older ages, higher educational status and among people living in urban areas. "These novel global dietary data highlight substantial variation in beverage intake worldwide, further informing global diet surveillance, priority setting and nutrition strategies," Lara-Castor said.
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