In December, a three part series called Rethink Your Holiday Drink ran on the blog. Amy Meehan, our Healthy People Program Specialist, wrote about how sugary drinks can negatively impact our budgets and our health. This is true not only during the holidays, but all throughout the year! According to the Centers for Disease Control […]
Keep Rethinking Your Drink
WRITTEN BY: Maddi Taylor, Dietetic Intern, Marshall University
REVIEWED BY: Jenny Lobb, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Franklin County
SOURCES:
- American Heart Association (2015). Rethink Your Drink: Reducing Sugary Drinks in Your Diet. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/%20SimpleCookingwithHeart/Rethink-Your-Drink-Reducing-Sugary-Drinks-in-Your-Diet_UCM_445267_Article.jsp#.WoMm4yXwaUl
- American Heart Association (2017). Added Sugars. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/Nutrition/Added-Sugars_UCM_305858_Article.jsp#.WmjVJ1VG2fQ
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017). Get the Facts: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Consumption. https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/data-statistics/sugar-sweetened-beverages-intake.html
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2015). 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/