Tagged: sugar-free

5:51am

Thu April 28, 2011
obesity

Setting aside sugary drinks, at least on Sundays

Credit Ted S. Warren / AP Photo

The effort to reduce obesity is taking aim once again at sugary drinks.  A coalition of health groups is asking the public to try-out “Soda-Free Sundays.”

There’s pretty solid evidence Americans, on average, are drinking a lot more soft drinks and other sweetened beverages than they did a generation ago.  Back in the 1990’s, for example, soft drink sales surpassed milk.

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