WHO calls on governments to strengthen 'health taxes' on drinks to ‘reduce harmful consumption’ - Anadolu Ajansı ...

A recent study in Nutrients examined whether warning labels about sugar content on the front of beverage packs prompt parents and children to make healthier beverage choices. According to the World ...

The falling relative costs of alcohol and sugary drinks are fuelling a rise in diseases, alcoholism, and injuries worldwide, ...

As a pediatrician caring for children across Alaska — from rural villages to Anchorage clinics — I witness daily the devastating impact sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have on our youth. Alaska ...

Rifle City Council received a presentation regarding sugary beverage intake and approved a grant application for YouthZone ...

The “nut free” butter snack one of our 7-year-olds got at their on-site after-school program had almost as much sugar as four sugar packets. We wondered: how could this be a safe and approved snack ...

Pediatricians have long warned parents about the risks of consuming too many sugary drinks — including the link to Type 2 diabetes and obesity. Now, the nation's leading group of kids' doctors, the ...

California's teenagers are drinking more sugar-sweetened drinks than ever despite a marked decline in consumption among younger children, according to a new study. Daily consumption of sugary drinks - ...

Eliminating surgary drinks helps weight loss, but the effects don't last. Sept. 25, 2012— -- A program to reduce teenagers' intake of sugary drinks showed early benefits, but they didn't last, a ...

A Gombe-based cardiologist, Dr Abubakar Sani, says excessive consumption of sugary drinks increases risk of cardiovascular diseases in children.He said excessive consumption of Sugar-Sweetened ...

In an effort to combat widespread obesity, British officials are weighing plans to expand an existing tax on sugary drinks to include packaged milkshakes and lower the sugar content levels at which ...