New Study Shows Kids Twice as Likely to Drink Soda

Soft drinksA study, involving 40,000 state residents, by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the nonprofit California Center for Public Health Advocacy in Davis shows that children are twice as likely to consume soft drinks as adults. In San Diego County, 46 percent of youngsters ages 2 to 17 drank at least one soda a day, while the figure was 21 percent for adults. The statewide numbers were 49 …