Sentences with phrase «more soda consumption»

More soda consumption and screen time meant students were more likely to be overweight or to gain weight.

Not exact matches

The group said its members had been voluntarily trying to reduce sugar consumption by making calorie content information more visible on labels, as well as discontinuing sales of full - calorie sodas to schools nationwide, and replacing them with more lower - calorie or no - calorie beverages, along with smaller portion size options.

While an increasing number of research studies point to the health benefits in controlling and reducing sugar consumption — the FDA now recommends sugar make up no more than ten percent of total calories consumed per day — there is a difference between sugars that occur naturally in foods and those that do not, like those in a piece of dried fruit, for example, versus the high fructose syrup commonly added to soft drinks, sodas, and many processed foods.

More research is needed to determine whether there are real health risks with long - term diet soda consumption, say the study authors.

«The American Heart Association recommends a consumption goal of no more than 450 kilocalories (kcal) of sugar - sweetened beverages or fewer than three 12 - ounce cans of soda per week.»

Diet sodas can be no more than 25 percent of the items offered, the directive says.There should be «ample choices» of water, «soy milk, rice milk and other similar dairy or non dairy milk,» says the directive, which also covers fat and sugar content in vending machine snacks.It's all part of Newsom's effort to combat obesity and improve San Franciscans» health, similar to a national effort being championed by first lady Michelle Obama.The mayor's administration points to studies linking soda to obesity, including a UCLA one released last year that found adults who drink at least one soft drink a day are 27 percent more likely to be obese than those who don't, and that soda consumption is fueling the state's $ 41 billion annual obesity problem.

In an effort to limit sugar consumption, diabetics generally consume more diet soda as a group, and some of the diet soda intake and dementia correlation could be as a result of diabetes, along with other vascular risk factors.

One more note: As I understand it, our consumption of coffee and soda has a greater effect on leaching calcium from our bones, than eating meat.

Many sodas have a unique taste all their own; however, for some children, adding a little «boost» to make it even more appealing to their tastes buds will increase your chances of regular consumption.

The study, which analyzed soda consumption in men and women found that the risk of stroke was 16 % higher in people who drank one more sugar - sweetened or diet sodas per day, compared to those who had none.

It's great that we're a lot more conscious of drinking water these days, and not just sodas and coffee and sports drinks, but that water consumption comes at a pretty hefty environmental cost, at least if we buy bottled water all the time.