Kids And The Sugary Beverage Facts

Soda is the single biggest source of refined sugars in the American diet.*

According to dietary surveys, Soda provides the average American with seven teaspoons of sugar per day, out of a total of 20 teaspoons. *

Teenage boys get 44% of 34 teaspoons of sugar a day from Soda. *

Teenage girls get 40% of 24 teaspoons of sugar from Soda.*

A child’s risk for obesity increases an average of 60 percent with every additional daily serving of soda.*

 

Marketers spend close to $500 million dollars a year to reach children and adolescents with messages about sugar-sweetened drinks, more than they spend on any other category.*