US Companies Cut Junk Food Ads on Kids' Shows
Eleven big US producers of chocolates, fries, sodas and sugary cereals pledged to cut back advertising aimed a kids to help fight child obesity. To head off being forced off the air by law, major corporations like McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Mars and Kellogg said this week they will pare back advertisem...Sugary Foods Turn Kids Teeth Rotten in US
...ds with high sugar content, more sugary juices and sodas and more bottled water, much of which is not treated with fluoride. Many experts credit fluoridation of public water supplies with driving down tooth decay starting in the middle of the 20th century. "One of the interesting paradoxes of this is t...Diabetes Linked To Consumption Of Soft Drinks
... It was found that women who drink the sweetened sodas are more prone to diabetes than women who consume ...the balance in its favour. He advocates banning of sodas in schools to facilitate better health among children. JYT...Increasing Trend of Kidney Stones Among U.S Kids
... no replacement for water and certainly juices and sodas cannot take the place of water. If a child urinates less frequently, it may be an indication that the water intake is less and a sign of dehydration. Signs of kidney stones could show up as severe pain in lower back and/or in the sides, regular and...Kidney Stones Occurring More Often in Children
...oods, including smoked and cured meats, as well as sodas and canned products have the highest sodium conten...4 ounces) of water a day. ? Sugar-laden juices and sodas don’t count as proper hydration. “Clearly, when it comes to water consumption, what is needed is a...Drinking Plenty of Water may Prevent Kidney Stones
...oods, including smoked and cured meats, as well as sodas and canned products have the highest sodium conten...(64 ounces) of water a day. Sugar-laden juices and sodas don't count as proper hydration, they say. "Clearly, when it comes to water consumption, what is ...Antacids also control oral bacteria
...ut our constant sucking on hard candy and guzzling sodas with high fructose syrups leaves little time for repair," said Robert Marquis, Ph.D., of the University of Rochester Medical Center. Marquis, an internationally recognized expert on the bacteria that inhabit our mouths, is the study's lead author. ...Complete Ban on Fizzy Drinks in Schools
... that sugary taste." Kedgley says that even diet sodas ate highly acidic causing tooth decay as well as brimming with controversial additives such as aspartame. She added, "A can of Diet Coke contains about 45mg of caffeine and some kids are drinking two or three cans a day. That's a hell of a lot of ...Soda Drinks Contain Benzene - A Carcinogen, Reports FDA
...d chemicals that produce the carcinogen benzene to sodas and juices. It was only in the 1990s that FDA highlighted the presence of benzene in soft drinks. It conducted a food-testing program called the Total Diet Study between 1995 to 2000 during which it found that out of the 24 samples of diet soda tha...The Link Between Caffeine Drinks And Obesity
...an drinks such as lemonade. // Lemonade and other sodas are already being blamed by consumer groups for their role in increasing childhood obesity as many have a high sugar content. For the latest study researchers recruited 10 healthy women aged 18 to 22 from a range of ethnicities. The subjects fasted...Sugar - Sweetened Drinks Found To Increase Risk of Diabetes
...llnesses. Results show women who drank one or more sodas a day gained more weight and were nearly twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who drank less than one soda a day. Women who reported drinking more soda gained an average of 10 pounds over the four years, whereas women who reported c......f caffeine – the equivalent of about four 12-ounce sodas -- had the highest blood pressure. The number with the more serious impact was the systolic pressure, which indicates the pressure in the blood vessels that the heart must beat against. In another study by the American Heart Association and the Nati......tude, pregnant women should avoid consuming beans, sodas and other gas-producing foods or drinks before flying, and should wear support stockings to prevent any fluid from accumulating in their legs. Similar to all other airline passengers, pregnant women are also advised to move their legs periodically du...