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More than two-thirds of American adults and one in three children are overweight or obese.

Family Life Can Be Sweeter

You don't have to join the challenge alone. Join as a "team" and support each other in efforts to reduce sugary drink consumption. Here are some ideas to get you started:

• Choose non-caloric drinks like water, unsweetened teas, seltzer, or eat a piece of fruit.


• Drink fewer sugary drinks, such as colas, energy drinks, sweetened teas, and sports drinks.


• Stop serving sugary drinks, carbonated or not, to children under 6, limit them for older children, and provide healthy drink alternatives for children of all ages.


• Educate yourself and your family on the negative effects of sugary drinks and make a point of choosing healthier alternatives.


• Join with neighbors, friends, and parents' groups to urge schools, child-care settings, after-school programs, parks, recreational facilities, pools, zoos, and other youth venues in your community to stop selling carbonated and non-carbonated sugary soft drinks and to provide access to fresh drinking water.

 
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