Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: average, this represents 1?6 l of water intake per day for females and 2 l of water intake per day for males.French national dietary survey (INCA 2) included more than 4000 people aged 3-79 years between 2006 and 2007.Volunteers declared all their food and fluid intake during a 7-d period.Main results of the present study showed (i) total consumption of fluids are 745, 856, 943, 1022, 1491, 1626 and 1422 ml for 3-6, 7-10, 11-14, 15-17, 18-34, 35-59 and $60-year-old population, respectively; (ii) 80 % of French adults, 18-79 years of age, drink less than 2 l of fluids daily; (iii) water is the most consumed fluid in France ( , 800 ml on average); (iv) the 25 % of higher sugared beverages adult drinkers consume more than 450 ml of SB per day; (v) SB represent 20 % of total fluid consumption for children and adolescents (3-17-year-old); and (vi) SB represent on average 17 % of simple sugar daily intake for children and adolescents.A very large part of French people should drink more in order to better satisfy water adequate intake proposed by EFSA.In addition, even if water remains the most consumed fluid in France, the consumption of sugared beverages represent significant intake of sugar and simple sugar, especially for children and adolescents.
Source: Public Health Nutrition
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4245306587