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Cigarette-Style Warning Labels Proposed for Soft Drinks


The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is getting more aggressive in its mission to protect Americans from the harmful effects of soft drinks.

The group sent a petition to the Food and Drug Administration calling for cigarette-style warnings on all non-diet soft drinks to alert consumers that too much of the sugary beverages can make them fat and cause other health problems, such as diabetes and tooth decay.

Some suggested warnings included:

"To help protect your waistline and your teeth, consider drinking diet sodas or water."

"Drinking soft drinks instead of milk or calcium-fortified beverages may increase your risk of brittle bones (osteoporosis)."

"Drinking too many (non-diet) soft drinks contributes to weight gain."

Soft drinks with more than 10 milligrams of caffeine per 12-ounce serving should also carry warnings that say it is "a mildly addictive stimulant drug" that is "not appropriate for children," the CSPI added.

The group said new labels are needed to help counter aggressive marketing by the soda industry.

Liquid Candy

The basis behind the petition is that teenagers drink too much of what CSPI calls "liquid candy," a concoction of high-fructose corn syrup, water and artificial flavors.

According to CSPI, cited research based on government data found that teenage boys who drink soft drinks consume an average of three 12-ounce cans per day, while girls drink more than two cans. Moreover, teenagers who drink soft drinks get nearly 15 percent of their total calories from the beverages; though it's not the consumption of calories that concerns the group most, but rather the declined intake of other nutrients.

Thus, the new warnings are especially necessary to help counter the growing number of youth who drink soda.

http://www.cspinet.org/new/pdf/liqui...supplement.pdf
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[Effie_drine]

Great article!

[PonyGirl]

They act as if putting labels on bad items will actually prevent people from using them! Heck, they got the ciggie labels and it hasn't stopped people from smoking. They got warnings on alcohol and ppl still get wasted. When will the government realize that they can't regulate everything and ppl are just gonna do what they want to?!

[belajhon]

As CSPI warn that "To help protect your waistline and your teeth, consider drinking diet sodas or water." this is very important for a healthy life. Because neat and clean teeth prevent you from thousands of diseases.

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[elnegrld]

I do think that this will be a very good thing to have some caution provided about the excess consumption of the soft drinks as it will result into the increased amounts of sugar in the blood.