sugar shocker presentation sugar shocker: what’s in your drink?

Sugar Shocker presentation

Sugar Shocker:

What’s in YOUR Drink?


Why do drinks matter?

• Eating or drinking lots of sugar is not healthy and can cause diseases like diabetes.

• Many drinks contain lots of hidden sugar.

• A diet high in pop or sugary drinks has additional health risks.

• Drinking pop can mean we drink lots of caffeine too.


Best Choices:

• Wonderful Water: Healthy drink choice!

• Marvelous Milk: Healthy drink choice!


Choose Sometimes:

• Unsweetened Juice

• Flavoured Milk (i.e. chocolate milk)


• Chocolate Bar Milkshake

• The BIG One, slush drinks, Pop, Diet Pop

Choose Least Often:

• Sports Drink

• Fruit Drink


Sugar in drinks

• One cup (250ml) of milk contains about 3 tsp of sugar

• One cup (250ml) of unsweetened fruit juice contains about 7 tsp of sugar.

• Drinks with added sugar have more calories and don’t have the nutrients of milk and juice.


The Problem with Sugary Drinks

• Soft drinks have no nutritional value

• Today school kids drink 3 times more pop than 20 years ago

• They now drink twice as much pop as milk

• Excess weight gain in children has been linked to sugar-sweetened drinks


Source: www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/rethinkyourdrink


Your choice matters!

Sugar and Tooth Decay:

• Sugar mixes with bacteria in your mouth and makes acid

• Diet and ”sugar-free” drinks also contain acid

• Acid breaks down tooth enamel

• An acid “attack” lasts 20 minutes and starts again with every sip



Obesity and overweight:

• High-sugar drinks add empty calories that can lead to weight gain

• Obese people have a higher chance of getting heart disease, cancer, stroke, Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure


Your choice matters!Osteoporosis:• Osteoporosis happens when your

bones become weak and brittle• Osteoporosis can happen if you

don’t get enough calcium and vitamin D in your diet

• Sugary drinks are often chosen instead of milk, which means that person may not get enough calcium and vitamin D


About Calcium:

According to Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating, children and youth need:

Age group # Servings of milk product

per day

Children 4-9 years

2-3

Youth 10-16 years

3-4



Caffeine:• Some pop (such as Coke, Pepsi, Barq’s

Root Beer, Jolt, Dr.Pepper) and some energy drinks contain caffeine

• Caffeine is a stimulant and affects people according to their body weight

• One can of cola (355 ml) may have the same effect on a young child as four cups of coffee would have on an adult


Other reasons to

• Pop and other drinks create garbage

• Healthy drinks help you concentrate better in school

• Natural drinks are more traditional


Rethink your drink, and you will:

• Have a great smile

• Have a healthy environment

• Have healthy bones

• Have better concentration

• Have good overall health

• Keep up traditionsSource: www.dropthepopnwt.ca


Source: www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/rethinkyourdrink


References:

• “(T-1) BACKGROUND INFORMATION”, Rethink Your Drink Campaign, Calgary Health Region (www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/rethinkyourdrink)

• Drop The Pop NWT (www.dropthepopnwt.ca)

• David Thompson Health Region “You Are What You Eat” presentation (www.dthr.ab.ca/resources/documents/nutrition/index.htm)


Funding and assistance for this project was provided by:

• Re-Think Your Drink Campaign

• The Health Promotion Fund, Department of Health and Social Services

• Health Promotion & Nutrition Programs

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