Soda Calories Leading To Obesity, Sickness, and High Health Insurance Premiums?
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Researchers at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed national beverage consumption patterns for more than 73,000 Americans, age 2 and older. Their discoveries span almost 30 years, and have found that Americans today get more calories from soda than from milk.
Sadly, children from 2 to 18 are getting less of their calcium and protein, since their soda intake has doubled, no doubt contributing to the child obesity epidemic we're facing today.
The complications from soda intake are definitely problematic: osteoporosis, lowered calcium levels, tooth decay, weight gain, and more.
Not surprisingly, these same factors have also influenced health insurance rates; obesity in particular costs more than $70 billion dollars a year in health related costs. And with more than 1/3rd of all Americans lacking good dental insurance, this increase in soda intake does not bode well for the developing teeth of children.
Sadly, health insurance costs are not likely to go down, since this next generation of Americans will be the first to have a significantly lower lifespan than their parents. With soda calories pouring in, and healthy options being left behind, the health care costs that have inflated our health insurance premiums will be very difficult to avoid.