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This sensing approach is complicated due to the mutual influence of both the drink volume and the current fill level on the resulting motion pattern, along with differences in biomechanics across individuals. While motion-based strategies are a promising approach due to the proliferation of inertial sensors, previous studies have been characterized by limited accuracy and substantial variability in performance across subjects. This research seeks to address these limitations for a container-attachable triaxial accelerometer sensor. Drink volume is computed using support vector machine regression models with hand-engineered features describing the container\u2019s estimated inclination. Results are presented for a large-scale data collection consisting of 1908 drinks consumed from a refillable bottle by 84 individuals. Per-drink mean absolute percentage error is reduced by 11.05% versus previous state-of-the-art results for a single wrist-wearable inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor assessed using a similar experimental protocol. Estimates of aggregate consumption are also improved versus previously reported results for an attachable sensor architecture. An alternative tracking approach using the fill level from which a drink is consumed is also explored herein. Fill level regression models are shown to exhibit improved accuracy and reduced inter-subject variability versus volume estimators. 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