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SODAS/US KIDS & TEENS
source: US National Soft Drink Association
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
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In the US, children start drinking soda at a remarkably young age…- 56% of 8-year-olds consume soft drinks daily and 1/3 of teenage boys drink at least 3 cans of soda a day;
- on average, adolescents get 11% of their calories (or 15 teaspoons of sugar) from soft drinks*;
- US teenagers now drink twice as much soda as milk, a reverse of figures noted 20 years ago.
- not only are soft drinks widely available everywhere, from fast food restaurants to video stores, they're now sold in 43.0% of elementary, 73.9% of middle/junior high, and 98.2% of senior high schools; (3)
- in an effort to raise additional funds for schools, in fact, about 200 districts across the country have signed contracts with soft drink companies that provide beverages to their schools. For every drink sold, the school makes a profit.**
* According to the USDA
**According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
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