With no signal of feeling full from drinking lots of soda or juice, your kids won't intuitively compensate for the extra calories gulped down, which leads to weight gain in the long term. (homemademommy.net)
I used to work in a restaurant and would see parents giving their babies and children lots of soda and the dreaded blue or red drink (sprite with red cherry syrup or blue raspberry syrup, nice sugar on sugar combo). (thelunchtray.com)
People who drink a lot of soda also tend to engage in other unhealthy behaviors as well, such as smoking, not exercising, and eating less healthily overall. (businessinsider.com)