Authors: Reena Oza-Frank, PhD, RD, Madeline Zavodny, PhD, Solveig A. Cunningham, PhD.
Video: This new study demonstrates that sweetened beverages are not in fact replacing other caloric beverages like milk and fruit juice in children's diets and are complements rather than substitutes. In an accompanying video Dr. Madeline Zavodny, professor of economics at Agnes Scott College, discusses the role of high calorie beverages in children's diets.
Published online: July 18, 2012 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.05.011).