"Beverages are not a Major cause for Obesity"

Children's and youth who consume juice and sweetened beverages, such as fruit punch and lemonade, are not at any higher risk for than their ,who drink healthy beverages, a new study has claimed .

 

 It says the relationship between beverage intake patterns of Canadian children and their risk for obesity and found sweetened beverage intake to be a risk factor only in boys aged upto 6 and 11,no consistent association between beverage intake patterns overweight and obesity." said lead author Susan J. Whiting.

He stated that,food and beverage habits are formed early in life and are often carried over into adulthood, over intake of sweetened beverages may put some children at increased risk for overweight and obesity. Boys aged 6-11 years who consumed mostly soft drinks were shown to be at increased risk for overweight and obesity as compared with those who drank a more moderate beverage.