... Drinking Problem in Teens "Have a Coke and a smile!" Would we really be smiling if we knew what soda was doing to our health, especially the health of young adults? Since 1978, soda consumption in the United States has tripled for boys and doubled for girls. Why the increase? For starters soda companies aggressively ... soda's effects on nutrition and overall health, especially in children and teen's. While teens are developing during their puberty years, almost half of the adult skeleton is still being formed and another 15 percent of height is added. These years for teens are extremel...

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... in creating another prohibition, is trying to control masses, throwing irresponsible drinkers into the mix of things. In the Between Worlds Reader there are numerous examples of the people trying to control masses. As stated, this does not help. In "Generation Weird", by Helen Cordes, she talks about restraining children form drinking coke. Typically, the children will not listen and will only drink it more ... . The prohibition of the 1920's was evidence enough that over control creates more problems then it solves. Drinking is ... encompassed by the "magic" age of 21. It seems to be mo...

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