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Study: Kids Drinking More Diet Soda

▲0 Votes 0   Submitted By Claire   About twice as many kids are drinking sugar-free soft drinks as they were ten years ago, a new study says. While its good news that kids are consuming less sugar, its unknown what long-term effect artificial sweeteners have on kids.Analyzing data from a 2008 health survey of 42,000 Americans, the study found that 12.5 percent of kids had had a diet drink in the last 24 hours, up from 6 percent a decade earlier. This is in keeping with an overall upward trend among adults as more and more diet be 
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