Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 January 2015
Obesity is one of the most pressing and widely emphasized health problems inAmerica today. Beverage choices made by households have impacts ondetermining the intake of calories, calcium, caffeine, and vitamin C. Usingdata from the Nielsen Homescan Panel over the period 1998-2003, and atwo-way random-effects Fuller-Battese error components procedure, weestimate econometric models to examine economic and demographic factorsaffecting per-capita daily intake of calories, calcium, caffeine, andvitamin C derived from the consumption of nonalcoholic beverages. Our studydemonstrates the effectiveness of the USDA 2000 Dietary Guidelines inreducing caloric and nutrient intake associated with nonalcoholicbeverages.