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There is a substantial literature on the association between intake of soft drinks and body weight, with a number of studies on young children.
Several longitudinal studies [ 7- 12] and a meta-analysis [ 13] have reported a direct association between intake of soft drink and other sweet drinks (a beverage category including fruit juice, fruit drink, cordial (a sweet, flavoured, concentrated syrup that is mixed with water to taste) and soft (carbonated) drinks) and weight gain in children and adolescents.
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A positive association was observed between glucose and diastolic blood pressure with the intake of soft drinks/sweetened beverages, insulin concentrations and the intake of white bread, and triglyceride concentrations with the intake of added fats.
In previous columns I have reported that the intake of soft drinks in children is strongly linked with the risks of being overweight and obesity.
We have chosen an amount of orange juice that closely resembles the habitual intake of soft drinks in young German adults.
In fact, studies have shown that watching TV during a family meal lowers the intake of vegetables, calcium-rich foods, and grains, and increases the intake of soft drinks versus adolescents who do not watch TV during meals.
The increased intake of soft drinks, fruit drinks, desserts, sugars, jellies, candy and, you guessed it, ready-to-eat cereals (5.8% of total added sugar consumption).
The intake of soft drinks has risen fivefold since 1950 44, 5) (Fig.1) and with it the intake of fructose.
A smaller proportion of children reported a change in levels of intake of soft drink.
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