Consuming more sugar-sweetened beverages

  • Drinking just one regular soda a day is the equivalent of consuming over 221,000 sugar cubes over an average lifetime.
  • Evidence shows that SSBs are major contributors to childhood obesity [19][20], as well as to long-term weight-gain, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease [21][22].
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    Tackling obesity in the UK »Tackling obesity in the UK
    Causes of obesity »Causes of obesity
    Many individuals are consuming more energy than they are expending »Many individuals are consuming more energy than they are expending
    Calorie consumption »Calorie consumption
    Consuming too much sugar »Consuming too much sugar
    Consuming more sugar-sweetened beverages
    UK purchases of not-low calorie soft drinks are falling »UK purchases of not-low calorie soft drinks are falling
    Tax sugary beverages »Tax sugary beverages
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