ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2019
Characteristics Associated with Household Purchases of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in US Restaurants.
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- Associations of overweight and gestational diabetes mellitus with free sugars from solid and liquid sources: cross-sectional and nested case-control analyses.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Assessment of Restaurant Beverage Offerings on Children's Menus in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.AJPM focus · 2025Article
- Exploring disparities in the proportion of ultra-processed foods and beverages purchased in grocery stores by US households in 2020.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with High Sugary Beverage Intake Among Children in Louisiana: A Survey of Caregivers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Evaluation of Fast-Food Restaurant Kids' Meal Beverage Offerings 1 Year After a State-Level Healthy Beverage Default Policy.AJPM focus · 2024Article
- Consumer demand for healthy beverages in the hospitality industry: Examining willingness to pay a premium, and barriers to purchase.PloS one · 2022Article
- Health Star Ratings and Beverage Purchase Intentions: A Study of Australian and New Zealand Hospitality Consumers.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Baseline Assessment of Children's Meals and Healthy Beverage Options Prior to a State-Level Healthy Default Beverage (HDB) Law.Journal of healthy eating and active living · 2021Article
- An online randomized trial of healthy default beverages and unhealthy beverage restrictions on children's menus.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- The impact of the Oakland sugar-sweetened beverage tax on bottled soda and fountain drink prices in fast-food restaurants.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to describe beverages purchased in restaurants among a nationally representative sample of US households.
methodsData were obtained from the US Department of Agriculture National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey, 2012 to 2013. Survey-weighted multiple regressions assessed correlates of purchasing a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB), purchasing a low-calorie beverage, and per capita beverage calories and grams of sugar among purchases from US restaurants (n = 14,669).
resultsDining at a top fast-food chain (odds ratio = 1.9 [95% CI = 1.6, 2.3] vs. small chain or independent restaurants) and ordering a combination meal (2.8 [1.3, 3.3]) or from the kids' menu (2.1 [1.2, 3.4]) were positively associated with purchasing an SSB. Age (young adult and adolescent vs. older adult; 0.7 [0.5, 0.9] and 0.4 [0.3, 0.7], respectively), race (Black vs. White; 0.4 [0.3, 0.6]), ethnicity (Hispanic vs. non-Hispanic; 0.8 [0.6, 0.9]), and household food security (very low vs. high; 0.7 [0.5, 0.8]) were associated with purchasing a low-calorie beverage. Caloric beverage purchases contained the most calories and grams of sugar per capita when purchased by Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black adolescents.
conclusionsUS households purchase a considerable amount of SSBs from the nation's largest chain restaurants, particularly when combination meals or kids' menu items are ordered, and there are disparities by age, race/ethnicity, and household food security.
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