Mean amount of free sugar (g) consumed in children and adults per day during the study period before and after the announcement of the soft drinks industry levy (SDIL)
| Children | Adults | |||
| Pre-announcement* | Post-announcement† | Pre-announcement* | Post-announcement† | |
| Age (years) | 9.5 (5.2) | 9.5 (5.2) | 52.7 (19.8) | 51.3 (18.7) |
| Sex (female), N (%) | 2908 (48.9) | 841 (49.0) | 3618 (58.6) | 1081 (58.8) |
| Free sugar (g/day) | ||||
| Free sugar from soft drinks only | 22.0 (4.4) | 12.0 (2.2) | 15.3 (3.1) | 10.0 (2.6) |
| Free sugar from food and soft drinks | 62.4 (6.0) | 47.8 (3.6) | 57.9 (3.6) | 47.9 (3.3) |
| Energy (from free sugar/protein) (%) | ||||
| Energy from free sugar in soft drinks as % of energy in soft drinks | 48.1 (12.3) | 26.3 (2.8) | 34.3 (2.3) | 22.8 (2.3) |
| Energy from free sugar in food and soft drinks as % of total dietary energy | 16.7 (4.1) | 9.9 (1.2) | 12.7 (2.4) | 8.8 (0.8) |
| Energy from protein in soft drinks as % of total energy in soft drinks | 15.8 (2.6) | 14.7 (1.1) | 21.2 (4.0) | 18.4 (1.2) |
| Energy from protein in food and soft drinks as % of total energy | 16.7 (3.3) | 12.4 (0.9) | 18.0 (3.3) | 14.8 (1.0) |
| Protein (g/day) | ||||
| Protein from soft drinks only | 6.6 (0.6) | 6.3 (0.6) | 5.7 (0.5) | 5.4 (0.4) |
| Protein from food and soft drinks | 58.0 (2.0) | 56.2 (1.5) | 74.1 (2.6) | 73.8 (2.2) |
*April 2008 to March 2016.
†April 2016 to January 2019.