Oral Health Information : Soft Drinks
Some Hard Facts About Soft DrinksA bottle of pop in the 50's was 6.5 ounces. Today, a 12-ounce can is standard
and a 20- Ounce bottle is common.
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Larger container sizes mean more calories, more sugar and more acid in a
single serving. A 64 Oz. "Big Cup" has more than five cans of pop in a single
serving!
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There is no nutritional value in soft drinks. In regular pop all of the
calories come from sugar.
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In addition to cavities, heavy pop consumption has been linked to diabetes,
obesity and osteoporosis.
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One fifth of all one and two-year-old children drink pop.
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Today, teens drink three times more pop than 20 years ago, often replacing
milk.
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Soft drink companies pay high schools, middle schools and even elementary
schools big bucks to encourage kids to drink pop.
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