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Fizzy Keep Child Obesity Soaring |
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Written by Craig - GKA Staff
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Tuesday, 17 May 2005 |
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The ballooning weight of children worldwide may be driven, at least in part, by the sugary fizz of soda drinks.
A new review of data and expert opinion suggests soft drink consumption greatly increases the risk of childhood obesity. The typical teen consumes approximately two cans of fizzy drink per day, containing 300 calories and 20 teaspoons of sugar.
Research has proven that children seem to be selecting soft drinks or sweetened fruit drinks instead of milk or water which is very disheartening considering the current epidemic we have in our country.
GetKidsActive.com suggests drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day and cutting out artificially sweetened juices and fizzy drinks completely from your families’ diet.
Schools should strengthen existing programs such as the school breakfast program, a school lunch program, classroom nutrition instruction (soon to be developed by GKA), daily physical fitness instruction (already set up by GKA), sports, and after-school programs.
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