ResearchResearch and Professional BriefsCharacteristics Associated with Consumption of Sports and Energy Drinks among US Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2010
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Sample and Survey Administration
Publicly available data from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) were used.29 The NHIS is a household survey conducted continuously since 1957 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics. The Research Ethics Review Board at CDC's National Center for Health Statistics approved conducting NHIS. It uses a multistage sampling design with face-to-face interviews in a sample of households representative of the civilian
Results and Discussion
Nationally, 31.3% of respondents reported consuming sports and energy drinks during the past 7 days, including 21.5% who reported doing so one ore more times per week and 11.5% who reported doing so three or more times per week (Table 1). In addition, 5.7% of respondents reported consuming sports and energy drinks one or more times per day during the previous month (data not shown). Results also indicated that 21% of adults consumed regular soda one or more times per day, that 43.5% consumed
Conclusions
Almost one in four US adults consumes sports and energy drinks at least one time per week, and about one in nine did so at least three times per week during the past month. In addition, the present study showed that weekly sports and energy drink consumption was particularly higher among younger adults, males, non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics, not-married individuals, adults with higher family income, those who lived in the South or West, adults who engaged in leisure-time physical activity,
Acknowledgements
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
S. Park is an epidemiologist, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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S. Park is an epidemiologist, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
S. Onufrak is an epidemiologist, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
H. M. Blanck is branch chief, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
B. Sherry is a lead epidemiologist, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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