Table 1 Healthy Beverage Index (HBI) score components
Beverage component | Description | Points |
|---|---|---|
1. Water | • Water comprises at least 20% of fluid requirements • No water consumption • Water is > 0% but < 20% fluid requirements | 15 0 Proportional |
2. Coffee and Tea | • Unsweetened coffee and tea comprise 0%-40% fluid requirements | 5 |
3. Low fat Milk | •  < 1.5%, fat free, and /or soy milk 0%-16% of fluid requirement | 5 |
4. Diet Drinksa | • Artificially sweetened beverages comprise 0%–16% of fluid requirements | 5 |
5. 100% Fruit Juice | • 100% fruit juice comprises 0%-8% of fluid requirements | 5 |
6. Alcohola | • Between 0–1 drinks for women, 0–2 drinks for men | 5 |
7. Full-fat Milk | • 0% of fluid requirements come from 2% fat or full-fat milk | 5 |
8. Sugar-sweetened Beverages | • Sugar-sweetened beverages are 0%–8% of fluid requirements | 15 |
9. Total Beverage Energy | • Energy from beverages is < 10% of total energy • Energy from beverages ≥ 15% of total energy • Energy from beverages is > 10% but < 15% of total energy | 20 0 Proportional |
10. Met fluid requirements | • Amount of beverages (mL) consumed was greater than or equal to fluid requirements • Amount of beverages (mL) consumed was less than fluid requirements | 20 Proportional |