The Decline of Big Soda
October 7, 2015 |
Articles
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/upshot/soda-industry-struggles-as-consumer-tastes-change.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
In this article, Margot Sanger-Katz summarizes the changing climate of carbonated soft drinks. With the spotlight on health-conscious eating in the past several years, soda sales have been sharply declining. This change in soda consumption has reflected positively on obesity rates, especially in children, which have started to decline for the first time in twenty years. Water is set to overtake soda as the most highly purchased bottled beverage. This articles exemplifies why making positive food and beverage choices, as you are taught to do in MD Weight Management, can impact both your personal health and the health of your community.
In this article, Margot Sanger-Katz summarizes the changing climate of carbonated soft drinks. With the spotlight on health-conscious eating in the past several years, soda sales have been sharply declining. This change in soda consumption has reflected positively on obesity rates, especially in children, which have started to decline for the first time in twenty years. Water is set to overtake soda as the most highly purchased bottled beverage. This articles exemplifies why making positive food and beverage choices, as you are taught to do in MD Weight Management, can impact both your personal health and the health of your community.