Pop favoured beverage for teenage girls: nutrition study
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Girls tend to drink less milk and more pop as they get older, lowering their calcium intake and gaining weight, according to a 10-year study in the U.S.
Researchers asked 2,371 girls to keep records of what they ate and drank for three days each year from the age of nine or 10 until age 19.
Girls reduced their milk consumption by over 25 per cent over the length of the study, while their pop consumption tripled on average, becoming the beverage of choice for older girls, the team reports in the February issue of The Journal of Pediatrics.
"Public health efforts are needed to help adolescents gain access to and choose healthful beverages and decrease intake of beverages of minimal nutritional value," the study's authors conclude.
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Previous studies have found similar results over shorter time frames, leading dieticians to raise concerns about a link between increased pop consumption and weight gain and tooth decay.
Dr. William Dietz, a director of nutrition and physical activity at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, says milk is an important source of calcium for growing bones and switching to pop may eventually lead to greater risk of osteoporosis.
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