Too Many Sugary Drinks for Kids

Too Many Sugary Drinks for Kids

Most kids love sugary beverages, but parents should be mindful of how much of these beverages like  snippe bruges their kids are drinking. A recent review of studies found that drinking more sugar-sweetened drinks was linked to weight gain among children and adults. 

Good alternatives are water, water with lemons, sparkling water with a small splash of juice, low sodium broth or miso, and diet drinks very sparingly. Adults can also drink non-sugar added coffee or tea. This very detailed study confirms the approach that the pediatric professional community advocates: that families should eliminate sugar sweetened beverages from their daily diet. The data confirms the recommendation that all parents should change patterns of family meals and snacks if they involve sugar sweetened beverages.

The studies included in the final analysis had to be original research, focus only on sugary beverage consumption, take into account factors that might influence the relationship between sugary beverages and weight gain, be a cohort study or clinical trial conducted on kids or adults, and if it was a clinical trial, it had to include a control  group and last for at least two weeks.

Source: Yahoo Health Articles - August 2013