Beverages

Although easy to overlook, beverage consumption (specifically, sugar sweetened beverages) can have profound effects on a person's health. Here, we discuss how to advise patients and what the research says as far as beverage consumption for all ages. Articles/references Uptodate- dietary recommendations for toddlers kids The effect of increased beverage portion size on the energy intake of a meal Home Matters: Adolescents Drink More Sugar-Sweetened Beverages When Available at Home. Haughton CF1, Waring ME2, Wang ML3, Rosal MC4, Pbert L4, Lemon SC4. Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages, artificially sweetened beverages, and fruit juice and incidence of type 2 diabetes: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimation of population attributable fraction. Imamura F1, O'Connor L2, Ye Z2, Mursu J3, Hayashino Y4, Bhupathiraju SN5, Forouhi NG2. The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Committee on Nutrition provides similar recommendations [53]. Studies evaluating added sugars in children are limited [25]. Pending additional information, these consensus guidelines seem reasonable.This limit is based upon the recommendation in the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to limit discretionary kilocalories (ie, those available for consumption as added sugars or solid fats after essential daily nutrient requirements are met) to 6 to 10 percent of total daily energy intake [57]; the 2015 Dietary Guidelines suggest limiting added sugars to <10 percent of total daily energy intake [28]