Soft drink 'pouring rights': marketing empty calories to children

Food and drink marketing to children: a continuing scandal.

Salt intake is related to soft drink consumption in children and adolescents: a link to obesity?

Dietary salt is a major determinant of fluid intake in adults; however, little is known about this relationship in children. Sugar-sweetened soft drink consumption is related to childhood obesity, but it is unclear whether there is a link between salt and sugar-sweetened soft drink consumption. We analyzed the data of a cross-sectional study, the National Diet and Nutrition Survey for young peo...

Dental plaque pH variation with regular soft drink, diet soft drink and high energy drink: an in vivo study.

BACKGROUND A high incidence of dental caries and dental erosion associated with frequent consumption of soft drinks has been reported. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pH response of dental plaque to a regular, diet and high energy drink. METHODOLOGY Twenty subjects were recruited for this study. All subjects were between the ages of 20 and 25 and had at least four restored tooth...

Bragging rights and destination marketing: a tourism bragging rights model

In a study seeking to understand destination choice, focus group participants consisting of travellers, mentioned the importance of ‘bragging rights’. Additionally, tourism marketers when interviewed about destination choice also referred to bragging rights. An online search of ‘travel’, ‘tourism’ and ‘bragging rights’ revealed thousands of links. Despite this, bragging rights has received limi...

Can Your Children Drive You To Drink?

Several publications in the psychological literature support the theory that children are a major source of stress for their parents. Not surprisingly, parents of children with behavior problems— particularly children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)—experience highly elevated levels of daily child-rearing stresses. Children with ADHD disregard parental requests, commands, a...