Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Pediatricians have a role to play in encouraging children and adolescents to reduce sugary drink consumption, according to a policy statement recently published in Pediatrics. Noting that U.S. children and adolescents report consuming 17 percent of their calories from added sugars, nearly half of which come from sugary drinks, Natalie D. Muth, M.D., M.P.H., from the Children’s Primary Care Medical Group in Carlsbad, California, and colleagues address public policies to reduce sugary drink consumption.
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