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Soda Consumption among High School Students

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Why Is This Important?

Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages appears to be associated with being at increased risk for overweight in children.

Definition

The percentage of adolescents who drank soda one or more times per day, in the past seven days (excluding diet/sugar-free)

Data Sources

How the Measure is Calculated

Numerator:The number of adolescents in grades 9 to 12 who drank soda one or more times per day, in the past seven days
Denominator:Total number of survey respondents

How Are We Doing?

The proportion of high school students who drink one or more servings of soda per day in 2019 is half what it was a decade earlier. Consumption is highest among Blacks (16.5%), followed by Hispanics (9.5%), Whites (9.0%), and Asians (3.4%). By 2013, the original Healthy New Jersey 2020 targets had been met by the total population, Whites, and Blacks, so more stringent targets (10% decrease from the 2013 rate) were set for those groups and a corresponding target was added for Asians. All racial/ethnic groups met their original and revised targets for 2020 except Blacks for whom the 2019 rate was greater than the 2013 rate.

How Do We Compare With the U.S.?

The rate of daily soda consumption among New Jersey high school students is significantly less than that of the nation as a whole.

More Resources

NJDOH Office of Nutrition and Fitness: [http://www.state.nj.us/health/nutrition/] CDC: [https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/nutrition/schoolnutrition.htm] US Food and Nutrition Guidelines: [https://health.gov/our-work/food-nutrition]

Indicator Data Last Updated On 10/27/2020, Published on 07/30/2024
Office of Nutrition and Fitness, Division of Community Health, New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, NJ 08625 (https://www.nj.gov/health/nutrition/)