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Beverage consumption among school-aged children: contribution to daily energy and added sugar intake<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7121-7333<\/a><\/strong>Ana Ili\u01071<\/sup>, Ivana Rumbak1*<\/sup>, Ru\u017eica Bre\u010di\u01072<\/sup>, Irena Coli\u0107 Bari\u01071<\/sup>, Martina Bituh1<\/sup><\/p>\n

1<\/sup> University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Department of Food Quality Control, Pierottijeva 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
\n2<\/sup> University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Marketing, Trg J. F. Kennedy 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
ARTICLE INFO<\/strong><\/td>\nABSTRACT<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TYPE: <\/strong>Original scientific paper<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.17508\/CJFST.2024.16.1.11<\/a>
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Low fluid intake and the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages are among the risk behaviours in children that promote the development of non-communicable diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the beverage consumption of school-aged children and its contribution to daily energy and added sugars intake. Dietary intake was observed from dietary records, on three non-consecutive days, of 195 primary school children (52% boys; median 8.8 years) from the city of Zagreb. Total fluid intake included fluid from foods and beverages and was compared with Dietary Reference Values for the EU. The average daily fluid intake of children was 1168 mL (859 – 1563), of which 59.6% was from beverages. Only 14.4% of children reached the reference value for total daily fluid intake. Of the beverages, water (34.7%) contributes the most to daily fluid intake, followed by soft drinks (6.3%) and milk (6.1%). Milk and soft drinks contribute the most to the daily energy intake from beverages. Added sugars account for about 7.7% (5.5% \u2013 10.4%) of children’s daily energy intake. Beverage consumption contributes to 26.5% of daily intake of added sugars, mainly soft drinks. In conclusion, children do not consume enough fluids, especially water. Although food is the main source of energy and added sugars in children’s diets, it is necessary to reduce the consumption of soft drinks.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

*<\/strong>CORRESPONDENCE
\n<\/strong>Ivana Rumbak
\nicecic@pbf.hr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ARTICLE HISTORY
\n<\/strong>Received: December 12, 2023
\nAccepted: April 18, 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CITATION
\n<\/strong>Ana Ili\u0107, Ivana Rumbak, Ru\u017eica Bre\u010di\u0107, Irena Coli\u0107 Bari\u0107, Martina Bituh. B<\/strong>everage consumption among school-aged children: contribution to daily energy and added sugar intake. Croatian Journal of Food Science and Technology (2024) 16 (1) 162-172<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/strong>C<\/strong>OPYRIGHT: <\/strong>\u00a9 2024 by the author(s). This is an open-access article distributed
\nunder the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY)<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KEYWORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

beverage, childhood, fluid intake, soft drinks, water<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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