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On average, US youth consumed 143 calories from SSBs and US adults consumed 145 calories from SSBs on a given day.

SSB consumption varies by age, sex, race/ethnicity, geography and socioeconomic status. Examples of SSBs include, but are not limited to, regular soda (not sugar-free), fruit drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, sweetened waters, and coffee and tea beverages with added sugars.Sugar-sweetened beverages are any liquids that are sweetened with various forms of added sugars like brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, lactose, malt syrup, maltose, molasses, raw sugar, and sucrose.1-4 Limiting sugary drink intake can help individuals maintain a healthy weight and have healthy dietary patterns. Frequently drinking sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with weight gain, obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, kidney diseases, non-alcoholic liver disease, tooth decay and cavities, and gout, a type of arthritis. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) or sugary drinks are leading sources of added sugars in the American diet.