Fruit drinks make kids fat? 7 beverages blasted in new report
Fruit drinks are under fire. A new report from Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity says many of the drinks that it claims are heavily marketed to kids - beverages that parents may consider healthful alternatives to soft drinks - contain dangerously high levels of sugar.
"These drinks increase the risk for obesity and diabetes," the report says. "Drinking just one 8-ounce sugary drink every day increases a child's odds of becoming obese by 60 percent."
How much sugar are kids allowed to have? For 4- to 8-year-old kids, no more than 15 to 18 grams a day (depending on amount of physical activity), according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Which beverages are the biggest offenders? Keep clicking to see seven brands singled out by the Yale researchers, ranked by the amount of sugar the drinks contain...
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