Study Links Sweetened Drinks to Child Obesity
From Times Wire Services
Sweet sodas, bottled teas and fruit drinks can make children fat, researchers said.
Children who drank more than 12 ounces of sweetened drinks a day gained significantly more weight over two months than children who drank less than 6 ounces a day, Cornell University nutritionists found.
The soft drink industry argues that a lack of exercise and not the availability of drinks has increased obesity.
But the study of 30 children aged 6 to 12 found that they took in an average of 244 more calories a day on days when they drank sweetened beverages.
