«As a nation, we have been drinking fewer
kilojoules from soft drinks over the last decade.
Today, adults get just 1.8 % of
their kilojoules from soft drinks and children just 2.2 %,» Mr Parker said.
Not exact matches
For children under 18 just 1.9 per cent of the daily intake of
kilojoules comes
from soft drinks ¹.
«The latest Australian Health Survey showed that for the average adult, just 1.7 per cent of the daily intake of
kilojoules comes
from soft drinks.
A call for a tax on the 4 %
from soft drinks while ignoring the other significant contributors to discretionary
kilojoules is perplexing and misguided, to say the least» Mr Parker said.
In Australia only 1.8 % of the daily intake of
kilojoules for adults comes
from soft drinks.1 In fact, recent independent studies by the Australian Bureau of Statistics have shown the amount of sugar consumed through
soft drinks has dropped while obesity continues to rise.
«
From the last Australian Health Survey, the Department would know that
soft drinks contribute less than two percent of the average person's daily
kilojoule intake.
In Australia only 1.9 per cent of the daily intake of
kilojoules for children under 18 comes
from soft drinks [1].
«In Australia, only 1.8 per cent of the daily intake of
kilojoules comes
from soft drinks1 and the amount of sugar consumed through
soft drinks has in fact dropped while obesity continues to rise.
«Consuming a diet with too many
kilojoules from any source, including
from soft drinks, can lead to weight gain.
You may have switched
from full strength fizz to the sugar - free stuff, but even low
kilojoule soft drinks can have digestive fallouts — like dyspepsia — aka indigestion.