I was attending a workshop last year and a point was made that if a child would refrain from one soda/pop a day, they would be helping to prevent obesity. The statistic was that if a child consumed an extra 110 calories per day, they had a 22% greater risk of developing obesity later in life.
If you wanted to consume that extra calories, then you can make your child be active for an additional 1 hour per day to burn it off.
When I heard this I was a bit shocked! Growing up, we pretty much drank about anything, unless it was simply "cost effective" to do something else. I wish my parents had known this concept. I try to practice it in my own kids when they are choosing drinks.
Whether or not we have kids, we can be practicing it in our own lives to help in preventing obesity in ourselves.
Will you skip the extra 110 calories to go to preventing obesity in you or your child?
Here's a short, interesting video that shows sugar in drinks...after watching it, leave a comment and tell me your reaction.
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