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Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have become an important focus in efforts to reduce children's empty calorie intake, but their relationship to water intake has not been described well at the national level.
Researchers analyzed cross-sectional 24-hour dietary recall data from 8400 children and young adults included in a large U.S. national nutrition survey (2011–2016) to compare SSB caloric intake between children who had any water intake and those who had none. SSBs were classified as soda, fruit drinks, sports and energy drinks, sweetened coffees and teas, and other. Children were grouped by age (2–5, 6–11, and 12–19 years) and stratified by race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic Asian, and Hispanic). Analyse…