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Sugary drinks such as soda and juices have been a public health enemy for years, but new research suggests these sugar-sweetened beverages do more than provide empty calories: They could kill you. ...
Consumption of sugar-laden soft drinks may contribute to childhood obesity. In a study of 548 children over a 19-month period the likelihood of obesity increased 1.6 times for every additional soft drink consumed per day.
A new study suggests 30% of kids in the U.S. consumed more than two sugary drinks per day and two in every three kids drank at least one sugary drink.
Drinking more sugary beverages (including fruit juices, soft drinks, fruit drinks, sports drinks, energy and enhanced water drinks, sweetened iced tea, and lemonade) increases overall energy intake, and thus increases the risk of metabolic syndrome, obesity, and type 2 diabetes (see the pathophysiology of obesity).
Around the United States, sugar-sweetened beverage intake differs based on geographic regions and socio-demographic characteristics. For example, 47.1% of Mississippi adults consume at least one sugar-sweetened beverage a day. [20] A sugary drink tax was recommended by the Institute of Medicine in 2009. [8]
Breakfast in households with children (and adults who eat like kids) combine two of the biggest money makers in America. Sugary cereal and obesity. And if cereal giant General Mills has its way ...
Lustig came to public attention in 2009 when one of his medical lectures, "Sugar: The Bitter Truth", was aired. [4] [5] He is the editor of Obesity Before Birth: Maternal and Prenatal Influences on the Offspring (2010), and author of Fat Chance: Beating the Odds against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease (2013).
The act bans the selling of soft drinks to students and requires schools to provide healthier options such as water, unflavored low-fat milk, 100% fruit and vegetable drinks or sugar-free carbonated drinks. The portion sizes available to students will be based on age: eight ounces for elementary schools, twelve ounces for middle and high schools.