Food & Nutrition

Arab Journal of Food & Nutrition
63. Pattern of Beverages Consumption among Selected Jordanian Female
Adolescents and Their Contribution to Energy and Nutrients Intake (2003)
Dalia Mohammad Sa›adi Tamimi\ University of Jordan
Supervisor: Dr. Salma K. Tukan
The consumption pattern of beverages and their contribution to energy, carbohydrate,
fat, protein, retinol, ascorbic acid, calcium and iron were studied in a
selected group (345) of Jordanian schoolgirls aged 11-18 years from west and east
Amman/Jordan. A pre-tested questionnaire, food intake records in summer/fall and
winter/spring, and anthropometric measurements, including weight and height were
used for collecting data.
About one third of schoolgirls reported caffeinated (33%) and carbonated
beverages (30%) as the most preferred beverages. Carbonated beverages were the most
preferred by west Amman subjects (39%), while caffeinated ones, especially tea were
the most preferred in east Amman (41%).
Food intake record showed that in summer milk was the highest consumed
beverage among schoolgirls; mean milk consumption was 190±11 g. This was
followed by the consumption of carbonated beverages (182±20 g) and flavored drinks
(178±14g).
In winter consumption of milk was less than in summer (178±16 g). Mean intake
of carbonated beverages and flavored drinks during winter were 128±13 g and 160±16
g respectively.
Milk had the highest contribution to energy intake (7-8%), followed by fruit
flavored drinks (5-6%), while fresh juice had the lowest contribution (3%). Milk had
also, the highest contribution to protein, fat, retinol, and calcium intakes among the
different beverages taken by the subjects, whereas fruit flavored drinks had the highest
contribution to carbohydrate and ascorbic acid intakes.
Milk consumption had significant negative correlation (r= -0.8; P ≤ 0.01) with
caffeinated beverages for the age groups 12-14 years and 16-18 years (r= -0.8; P ≤
0.05). Milk also was significantly negatively correlated with fruit flavored drinks for
age group 12-13.9 years (r= -0.9; P ≤ 0.01).
Weight correlated positively (r=0.7; P ≤ 0.05) with consumption of carbonated
beverages and fruit flavored drinks for the age group 14-16 years, also BMI was
positively correlated (r=0.9; P ≤ 0.05) with carbonated beverages and flavored drinks
(r=0.6; P ≤ 0.05) for the age group 14-16 years. Flavored drinks consumption was
positively correlated with ascorbic acid intake during summer (r=0.6; p ≤ 0.05).
For west Amman girls, milk consumption was correlated positively with protein
intake (r= 0.5; P ≤ 0.05), fat intake (r= 0.6; p ≤ 0.05), and calcium intake (r= 0.8; p ≤
0.01), these correlations were not noticed in east Amman girls. Additionally, milk
intake in summer was positively correlated with retinol intake in west (r= 0.8; p ≤
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