News tagged with drink soda
CDC: 1 in 4 high schoolers drink soda every day
A new study shows one in four high school students drink soda every day - a sign fewer teens are downing the sugary drinks.
Jun 16, 2011 |
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Sugar-sweetened drinks associated with higher blood pressure
Soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages such as fruit drinks are associated with higher blood pressure levels in adults, researchers report in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Preventing tooth decay in the youngest American Indians
A study conducted in four American Indian communities in the Pacific Northwest presents an effective strategy to convince mothers to switch young children from drinking sweetened soda to water and shows that ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Soda taxes: Weight loss benefit linked to household income
Imposing higher taxes on sodas and other sweetened drinks may generate a lot of money – but would lead to only minimal weight loss among most people and would have no effect on weight among consumers in the highest and ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Current Anti-Soda Strategies Not Curbing Childhood Obesity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Efforts to curb childhood obesity through school vending machine restrictions and making soft drinks more expensive with low levels of additional taxation have had a negligible effect, to ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Small soda taxes insufficient to curb consumption among children, study finds
Small sales taxes on soft drinks in the range currently in force in some states are insufficient to reduce consumption of soda or curb obesity among children, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Current Soda Taxes Not High Enough to Curb Obesity, Study Finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Current state taxes and levies on soft drinks are slowing consumption and resulting in slimmer waistlines, but the effect is generally small in magnitude, newly published research by the Yale ...
Oct 16, 2009 |
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CDC: Fewer schools selling candy, soda to students (Update)
(AP) -- Fewer U.S. high schools and middle schools are selling candy and salty snacks to students, the federal government said in a report released Monday.
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Fight obesity? Add sales tax to soda tab
Presenting a united front in the war on obesity, diabetes and other nutrition-related disorders, seven of America’s leading public health and economics experts are urging passage of taxes on sugar-sweetened ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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New factor in teen obesity: Parents
There may be a reason teenagers eat more burgers and fries than fruits and vegetables: their parents.
Feb 09, 2009 |
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