Composition of Beverages in the Homes of Low‐Income Families in Greater Hartford, CT

Baseline data from a longitudinal study describes an inventory of available beverages in the homes of 462 multicultural low‐income caregivers of 3–5 y. old children. Caregivers provided demographics and completed a home beverage inventory (HBI) at baseline, 3 and 6 months. HBI categories included 100% fruit juice (FJ), milk (flavored/unflavored/soy milk), juice drinks (juice drink, iced tea, energy drinks) (JD), regular and diet soda, bottled water (BW), low calorie 100% juices (LCFJ), and other (coffee/tea/supplements). The average HBI was comprised of 23% milk, 21% FJ, 18% JD, 17% BW, 8% regular soda, 3% LCFJ, 1% diet soda, and 9% other. The composition of the HBI was associated with caregiver's age. Older caregivers had more FJ, milk, and diet soda; and less JD and regular soda than younger caregivers (p<0.05). Families on SNAP had more milk (p=0.01) and less regular soda (p=0.01) than families not on SNAP. There were differences in JD (p=0.001), LCFJ (p=0.03), regular (p<0.001) and diet soda (p<0.001) by ethnicity (African American, Latino, White, West Indian, Other). Caregivers with

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