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Article

Sugar Content of Market Beverages and Children’s Sugar Intake from Beverages in Beijing, China

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Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100013, China
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Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Nutrients 2021, 13(12), 4297; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124297
Submission received: 8 November 2021 / Revised: 25 November 2021 / Accepted: 26 November 2021 / Published: 28 November 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue China National Nutrition Survey)

Abstract

(1) Background: This study aims to find the sugar content of market beverages and estimate the sugar intake from beverages among students in Beijing. (2) Methods: Using snapshotting, we collected the sugar content of beverages through their packages or nutrition labels. Combined with the statistic of student beverage consumption, we estimated students’ sugar intake. (3) Results: The median sugar content of total beverages was 9.0 g/100 mL, among which the fruits/vegetable juices and beverages had the highest sugar content (10.0 g/100 mL). Sugar content in most beverages in Beijing was generally higher than the recommendations, and fruit/vegetable juices and beverages exceeded the most. The median of sugar intake from beverages among students was 5.3 g/d, and the main sources were fruit/vegetable juices and beverages, protein beverages and carbonated beverages. Sugar intake from beverages differed according to gender, age and living area. Higher sugar intake was found among boys, older students and rural students. (4) Conclusions: Sugar content in market beverages in Beijing were high. Gender, age and residence were the influencing factors of sugar intake. Targeted measures should be taken to decrease the sugar content in beverages, especially the fruit/vegetable juices and beverages and the sugar intake among students.
Keywords: sugar; beverages; children; consumption sugar; beverages; children; consumption

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Wen, J.; Ma, H.; Yu, Y.; Zhang, X.; Guo, D.; Yin, X.; Yu, X.; Yin, N.; Wang, J.; Zhao, Y. Sugar Content of Market Beverages and Children’s Sugar Intake from Beverages in Beijing, China. Nutrients 2021, 13, 4297. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124297

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Wen J, Ma H, Yu Y, Zhang X, Guo D, Yin X, Yu X, Yin N, Wang J, Zhao Y. Sugar Content of Market Beverages and Children’s Sugar Intake from Beverages in Beijing, China. Nutrients. 2021; 13(12):4297. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124297

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Wen, Jing, Huijuan Ma, Yingjie Yu, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Dandan Guo, Xueqian Yin, Xiaohui Yu, Ning Yin, Junbo Wang, and Yao Zhao. 2021. "Sugar Content of Market Beverages and Children’s Sugar Intake from Beverages in Beijing, China" Nutrients 13, no. 12: 4297. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124297

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Wen, J., Ma, H., Yu, Y., Zhang, X., Guo, D., Yin, X., Yu, X., Yin, N., Wang, J., & Zhao, Y. (2021). Sugar Content of Market Beverages and Children’s Sugar Intake from Beverages in Beijing, China. Nutrients, 13(12), 4297. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124297

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