Fig. 7: Mean sugar-sweetened beverage intakes (8 oz servings/week) in adults (20+ years) in the 25 most populous countries in 2018, and absolute change from 1990 to 2005 and 2005 to 2018.
From: Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries
a Mean SSB intakes in the 25 most populous countries in 2018. b absolute change in SSB intakes from 1990 to 2005. c absolute change in SSB intakes from 2005 to 2018. SSBs were defined as any beverage with added sugars and ≥50 kcal per 8 oz serving, including commercial or homemade beverages, soft drinks, energy drinks, fruit drinks, punch, lemonade, and aguas frescas. This definition excludes 100% fruit and vegetable juices, non-caloric artificially sweetened drinks, and sweetened milk. The standardized serving size used for this analysis is 8 oz serving (248 grams). The filled bars represent the mean SSB intakes (8 oz serving/week) and the error bars the 95% UIs. Values were truncated at 5.0 (8 oz) servings/week for b and at 2.5 (8 oz) servings/week for c. Upper 95% UIs above those values are shown with a dashed line. Countries are ordered left to right from most to least populous based on 2018 adult (20+ years) population data. Source data are provided as Source Data files 1 and 7. Oz ounces, SSBs sugar-sweetened beverages, UIs uncertainty intervals.
