Can children drink carbonated drinks?

Children are very interested in colorful and delicious foods, and carbonated drinks meet the above characteristics, so they are loved by many children. But can children in their growth and development period drink carbonated drinks? Everyone knows that drinking too much carbonated drinks is not good, so will children be affected by carbonated drinks? Today I will tell you whether children can drink carbonated drinks.

Researchers found that the more carbonated drinks children drank every day, the more likely they were to have behavioral problems such as aggression, inattention and social isolation. Children who drank four or more cups a day were twice as likely to destroy other people's things, quarrel with others or beat others as children who did not drink carbonated drinks.

Children who particularly like to drink beverages often show polarization in their physical development: either they are a little fat or very thin. The sugar content of carbonated drinks is about 10%. A 355ml can of carbonated drinks contains about 40 grams of sugar. Consuming two cans of carbonated drinks a day will provide 320 kcal of energy. For three consecutive months, an additional intake of 28,800 kcal of energy is equivalent to an increase of 4.1 kg of fat. Surveys in Hong Kong and the United States show that if children drink a glass of sugary drink a day, their risk of obesity increases by 60%.

Drinking more beverages will not quench your thirst, on the contrary, it will make you more thirsty. Why is this? It turns out that carbonated drinks contain sugar and a variety of food additives, which require a lot of water when metabolized in the body. The caffeine in cola and other drinks has a diuretic effect, which will promote the excretion of water, increase the calcium content in urine, and increase the risk of urinary stones.

Teenagers who frequently drink large amounts of carbonated beverages suffer from severe bone calcium loss and are three times more likely to suffer fractures than other teenagers. Drinking too much carbonated drinks while engaging in intense physical activity may increase the risk of fractures fivefold. Children who drink a lot of soda often don’t like to drink milk and have unreasonable eating habits, so they cannot take in enough calcium, which is the direct cause of calcium deficiency.

Children have a relatively low resistance to carbonated drinks, so they often ask their parents to buy them such drinks. At this time, parents must promptly object to their children's requests. This is done to allow children to develop more healthily. I believe that through this article, children and parents will consciously drink less carbonated drinks.