74 Beverage consumption. The results in the previous exercise were based on two national surveys with a very large number of individuals.

7.74 Beverage consumption. The results in the previous exercise were based on two national surveys with a very large number of individuals. Here is a study that also looked at beverage consumption, but the sample sizes were much smaller. One part of this study compared 20 children who were 7 to 10 years old with 5 children who were 11 to 13.37 The younger children consumed an average of 8.2 oz of sweetened drinks per day, while the older ones averaged 14.5 oz. The standard deviations were 10.7 oz and 8.2 oz, respectively.