Sodas Are Not Kid's Favorite Anymore: New Study Found Out That Youths Are Declining Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

Surprisingly. a new report says that there is an increase with American teens who are avoiding sodas. Consuming fizzy drinks among the young high school students have declined by over one-third between 2007 to 2015, as stated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts suggest that reports like this are encouraging because sugar-sweetened beverages are the common contributors of high sugar to a diet. However, the researchers suggested developing several approaches as they have noted the soda's prevalence in other ages.

The data was taken from the YRBS and has become a part of the CDC's weekly Morbidity and Mortality report -- a US survey that presents data among grade nine to twelve students and their health behaviors. It includes asking its respondents about their frequency of drinking sodas like Sprite, Coke, or Pepsi, and excluding diet drinks. As a result, the study found out it has dropped from 33.8 percent (2007) to 20.4 percent (2015).

However, according to Health Medicine Network, some more can be done to help kids avoids sodas, as the CDC organization has suggested. "Intake of other sugar-sweetened beverages, including energy drinks and sports drinks, are increasing," Led researcher Cailtin Merlo says. "And overall consumption of all sugar-sweetened beverages, such as soda, fruit drinks and sweetened coffees and teas, remains high."
Sodas contribute about 20 percent of calories of children and adolescent's diet and while it is a good source of essential nutrients like vitamins C and D, it also gives excess sugars and calories.

Daily Mail Online reported that last 2016, the American Heart Association advised the young ones to avoid consuming more than a hundred calories, or six teaspoons of sugar a day. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020 suggests that in order to cut added sugars, which usually comes from sodas, people should opt for no-added-sugar drinks such as water.