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A Healthy diet during childhood and adolescents promotes optimal health, growth and cognitive development of the child, adolescents and may contribute to the prevention of chronic diseases in later life. Evidence however suggests that eating habits adopted early in life tracks back to some extent into adulthood. while the transition from childhood to adolescence is often associated with unhealthy dietary changes. It therefore becomes necessary to establish healthful eating behaviours early in life. The changing food habits to suit modern living pose a serious threat to a healthy life. Among others, consumption of soft drinks invariably forms a part of modern life. Mostly children and adolescents are the target groups vulnerable to frequent consumption. Although soft drinks are very popular around the world, their consumption in large quantities has raised serious questions about their effects on health. It has been noted that, unless fortified with vitamins and minerals, they provide almost no nutrition, while displacing healthier drinks such as milk and fruit juices. Generally sweetened with refined sugar or high fructose corn syrup, the drinks supply an over-abundance of calories. Moreover, the drinks often contain artificial flavoring, coloring and other additives that may not be good for health. Consumption of soft drinks plays a major role in a variety of diseases like obesity, diabetes, dental and bone disorders and others, more so among in children and adolescents. This study sought to evaluate the knowledge, practice and awareness of taking soft drinks in the society. Consulting people of almost all age groups in our area, who are consuming the soft drinks with a structured questionnaire, has done the study. The data has been collected and analyzed and interpreted by the help of the graphical representation technique. The objective of this project is to provide a comprehensive scrutiny of the impact of soft drinks on health, as well as to suggest alternatives for a healthy life style.
Keywords:
Non-alcoholic beverages, Toxic chemicals, health impacts.
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"The Contents of Soft Drinks &Their Impacts On Health", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.3, Issue 11, page no.55 - 72, November-2018, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI1811010.pdf
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2456-3315 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.14 Calculated By Google Scholar| ESTD YEAR: 2016
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