Soft drinks = soft bones - Wellness & Lifestyle - Brief Article

American Fitness, Sept-Oct, 2002

According to the National Dairy Council, approximately nine out of ten teenage girls and seven out of ten teenage boys are failing to meet calcium requirements. "Teenagers drink twice as much soda than milk and this trade-off, combined with a lack of exercise, may be laying the groundwork for weak bones in adulthood. Research reveals a link between heavy soft-drink consumption during adolescence and reduced bone mass in adulthood, which can greatly increase the risk of osteoporosis later in life," says Marc Jacobson, M.D., professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Schneider Children's Hospital.

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