Milloy Dissects Anti-Soft Drink Claims
It is widely assumed that soft drinks contribute to obesity in young people — but is it true? In an op-ed piece for The Washington Times, Steve Milloy points out that four new studies conducted at the Georgetown Center for Food and Nutrition Policy seem to contradict these claims.
According to Milloy, among other things, the studies found,
- No relationship between consumption of carbonated soft drinks and obesity among 12- to 16-year-olds.
- Soft drinks did not reduce calcium consumption among 2- to 20-year-olds;
- Teens who consumed more soft drinks were as physically active as those who consumed fewer soft drinks.
- And soft drink consumption did not harm diet quality among children and teens as measured by the USDA´s Healthy Eating Index
Milloy is especially critical of The Washington Post which recently ran several alarmist pieces on soft drink consumption in young people but couldn’t be bothered to report on the Georgetown findings.
Source:
Exhibiting hard bias over soft drinks. Steve Milloy, The Washington Times, April 18, 2001.
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