The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is developing a series of reports, Healthy Children, Healthy State, to raise awareness of child health risk factors in order to develop new programs and actions, and to build on current initiatives in Texas. The Child Sugar-Sweetened Beverage   one-pager showcases the current state of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption for children in Texas.

This report was released on May 19, 2020.  It was last updated on January 26, 2022 and utilizes 2019 - 2020 TX SPAN data.

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Every day 80.6% of 11th graders drink a sugary beverage. We must improve child sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in Texas. Learn more at go.uth.edu/TexasChildHealth #HealthyChildrenHealthyState

Kids who drink one sugar-sweetened beverage per day can gain up to 14.5 pounds of unnecessary weight in one year. We must improve child sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in Texas. Learn more at go.uth.edu/TexasChildHealth #HealthyChildrenHealthyState

Every day 31.6% of 2nd graders drink 1 or more regular sodas while 40.1% of 2nd graders drink 1 or more fruit-flavored drinks. We must improve child sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in Texas. Learn more at go.uth.edu/TexasChildHealth

Sugar sweetened beverages have negative health associations including tooth decay, overweight and obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. We must improve child sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in Texas. Learn more at go.uth.edu/TexasChildHealth



See the previous report utilizing 2015-2016 SPAN data here.