This report serves as a guide to assist researchers in the selection of beverage intake assessment methods. The report begins with a description of several key issues to consider when assessing beverage intake in children and adolescents, and then moves into a review of five methods for assessing beverage consumption. The review compares assessment methods by describing advantages and disadvantages to each, and also describes how to implement the methods. Resources are also provided to help researchers implement questionnaires and screeners, specifically, as a beverage intake assessment method in their own work. An overview is given of the assessment methods currently used in the scientific literature to assess children’s beverage intake, along with the properties of each method.
Published: April 2018
ID #: 1104
Publisher: Nutrition Policy Institute, University of California
Authors: Grummon AH, Sokol RL, Hecht, CA, Patel AI
Age Groups: Adolescents (grades 9 to 12), Elementary-age children (grades K to 5), Preschool-age children (ages 3 to 5), Young adolescents (grades 6 to 8)
Focus Area: Beverages
Resource Type: Report
Keywords: Sugar-sweetened beverages, Water
Related Research
November 2023
Effects of a front-of-package disclosure on accuracy in assessing children’s drink ingredients: two randomised controlled experiments with US caregivers of young children
This study aimed to test the effects of a standardized front-of-package (FOP) disclosure statement (indicating added sugar, non-nutritive sweetener (NNS) and juice content) on accuracy in assessing ingredients and perceived healthfulness of children’s drinks. In two randomized controlled experiments, the same participants (six hundred and forty-eight U.S. caregivers of young children ages 1-5 years) viewed MoreSeptember 2023
Association Between Child Sugary Drink Consumption and Serum Lipid Levels in Electronic Health Records
Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) and fruit juice (FJ) consumption may promote lipid abnormalities in childhood. We examined the association between SSB/FJ intake and lipid levels using electronic health record data for 2816 adolescents. Multivariable logistic regression models treated clinical cutpoints for abnormal lipid levels (triglycerides [TG], high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein [LDL], and total cholesterol) as MoreSeptember 2023