Yep, I know this is going to come s a surprise to you, but guess what? That's right, preschoolers who drink sugary drinks like sodas and fruit drinks (as opposed to 100% juice, which seems okay) are fatter than kids who don't. Earth-shattering! I know! Yet another Canadian study looked at kids ages 2.5, 3.5, and 4.5 and found that the kids who consumed 4-6 sugary drinks per week were more than twice as likely to be overweight by age 4.5.
What I want to know is, how do you get a two-year-old to even drink sodas? The crappy fruit drinks I can understand, but my kids won't touch anything with bubbles in it (so all the champagne is for me, sorry kids). I guess they don't like the feeling on their tongues. And it's not an issue because I don't keep it in the house anyway, but I know tons of kids do drink it. Which is a bummer. 'Cause now they're fatter than they need to be.
