Soft Drinks - America's Drinking Problem in Teens.
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 target young adults by advertising on television programs, billboards, magazines .
and posters. Since soda is available anywhere, the message that we are sending to children .
is that it is okay for them to drink it constantly in place of other more nutritious beverages. .
This marketing strategy leaves out many essential facts about 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 extremely critical for achieving full bone mass and their potential for height. .
The risk for osteoporosis depends largely on how much bone mass is built early in life. .
Girls build 92% of their bone mass by age 18, but if they don't consume enough calcium in .
their teenage years, they cannot "catch up" later. Experts recommend higher calcium .
intakes for youths aged 9 to 18 than they do for adults aged 19 to 50. Phosphorus in soda .
interferes with calcium absorption. While osteoporosis takes decades to develop, .
preliminary research suggests that drinking soda instead of milk can contribute to broken .
bones in children. One study found many children aged three to fifteen years old that had .
suffered from broken bones and had lower bone mass, which can result from low calcium .
intake. 1 .
So what does soda also do to the health of young teens? It contributes to adding .
calories without any nutritional value. Soda provides ten teaspoons of sugar and 180 empty .
calories per can. The U.
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Poor nutrition in America? ... There continues to be the fact, for example, that for millions of Americans, hunger is a problem. ... One reason may be the fast pace of American life. It's easier and quicker to grab a bag of potato chips and a soft drink on the way to school than to sit down to a carefully planned and prepared breakfast. ... There's no question that soda drinks, potato chips, sugared cereals, artificial pastries, and a host of other products that tastes good but contribute little or nothing to one's health are extremely popular today. ...
THE BUYING OF AMERICA'S CHILDREN All across America today corporate marketers are reaching out with their pocketbooks to buy the children of America. ... Major producers of soft drinks are spending millions of dollars for the right to place soft drink vending machines on school campuses across the nation. ... Does it make sense to take money from soft drink producers to enable a school to continue a strong physical education program? ... Marion Nestle, chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at New York University, estimates that $13 billion a year is spent marketing to A...
In the first, in a retail cooler of various brands of soft drinks, Red Fusion is among them. A voice points out that the condensation on the other soft drink bottles is actually perspiration, the result of the ordinary soft drinks" nervousness about the threat of Red Fusion's "X factor." ... This contemporary, urban soft drink targets teenagers and young adults also known as Generation Y and the African American community. ... The common objective of all these soft drinks is that they target the young generation. ... It positions Red Fusion as intimidating to the other soft drinks. ...
In the mid-1980s the group took the decision to focus on its core international confectionery and soft drinks businesses. ... In 1999, Cadbury Schweppes disposed of its soft drinks brands in around 160 countries. Our beverages interests are now concentrated on North America, Europe and Australia. ... Dr Pepper is our biggest soft drink brand and all but a fraction of sales are in the US. ... It has been one of the fastest growing brands in the US Carbonated Soft Drink market during this time. ...
Coca-Cola and Market Structure Coca-Cola, the global soft-drinks giant, is operating under oligopoly market structure. ... The struggle between two soft drink giants in order to grab the larger market share has a decade's long history. In 1960, Coca-Cola introduced Sprite, which today is the worldwide leader in the lemon lime soft drink market and ranks fourth among all soft drinks worldwide. ... In the context of soft drink markets, whenever Pepsi has reduced its price, Coca-Cola also responded by lowering its. ... To conclude, Coca-Cola became an icon of the American culture as well a...
Soda pop, soft drinks and carbonation's, some of the most popular beverages in the United States. ... There was no significant purpose for the creation of soda pop and soft drinks. ... Times were changing and new things were becoming popular among America, that's another reason it was created. ... Soda pop and soft drinks were a an amazing invention because beverages weren't just to hydrate your body. ... Soda pop is one of the most popular beverages in America. ...
Suggesting that if they can drink so should you. ... Example, Coca-Cola is the official soft drink of NASCAR. ... This upcoming American Music Award Coca- Cola will have their music award trophy. A Consumer can get Coca-Cola soft drinks all over the world. Coca-Cola Company sells everything from spring water to power aid to soft drinks. ...
But they don't, because, as we can tell, in the world of soft drink sales, cool is more important than taste. ... By 1965, the slogan, complete with commercials starring cool celebrities of the time such as Nancy Sinatra, Tom Jones, the Supremes, and Connie Francis, the slogan had moved to "Something More Than a Soft Drink" 6. ... As historically illustrated, the importance of taste became less and less domineering to the importance of cool in the selling of soft drinks according to the actual companies, for as time continued, the advertisements altered more and more towards "Our drink i...
