Research Article
Beverage Intake and Its Effect on Body Weight Status among WIC Preschool-Age Children
Table 2
Daily average beverage intake in ounces, by race/ethnicity (mean ± SD).
| Beverage | Race/ethnicity | Hispanic or Latino | Non-Hispanic Black | value |
| Plain milk | 10.9 ± 8.5 | 13.2 ± 10.3 | 0.099 | Flavored milk | 6.7 ± 8.4 | 5.0 ± 7.1 | 0.147 | Milk (any) | 17.6 ± 8.3 | 18.2 ± 10.4 | 0.624 | Fruit juice | 10.4 ± 8.3 | 13.5 ± 8.7 | 0.014 | Fruit drink | 2.5 ± 4.6 | 7.1 ± 8.1 | <0.001 | Sweet tea | 0.1 ± 0.5 | 0.3 ± 1.1 | 0.109 | Sports drink | 0.3 ± 0.7 | 0.6 ± 1.9 | 0.102 | Soda | 0.4 ± 1.1 | 0.5 ± 1.7 | 0.607 | SSBa | 3.3 ± 5.1 | 8.6 ± 9.1 | <0.001 | Water | 18.3 ± 8.5 | 17.6 ± 8.2 | 0.589 |
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aSSB include fruit drink, sweet tea, sports drink, and soda. Independent samples t-test significant at . |