Recently I came across an interesting article stating that all primary schools across the USA could soon be provided with water coolers in a bid to stamp out the use off and discourage youngsters from consuming large amounts of unhealthy carbonated drinks during the hours of school.
This not only addresses the recent finding of a steady year on year increase of obesity in young children, but also addresses the issues associated with rehydrating the body in the coming summer months and rehydrating the body on a regular basis periodically during the course of the day.
In general children tend not to drink enough water and this is why more adults suffer from kidney failure and require dialysis which eventually results in having a kidney transplant, although carbonated drinks are not the only cause they are considered a major contributing factor, as carbonated drink can contain anything between 5 and 15 teaspoons of sugar, when the recommended optimum intake is 10 teaspoons according to a recently published American medical recommendation.
This is why schools and education ministers alike are calling for an advertising ban on fast food restaurant and carbonated drinks manufacturers to help promote healthy eating and drinks in young children, and to display a statutory more user-friendly and more informative label on food and drink to educate the consumer.
