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Health Report - Findings About Soft Drinks and Aggression in Children
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children who drink four or more servings of
drinks every day. Information for the study came
the mothers of three thousand five-year-olds--. Researchers asked
women to keep a record of how many
of soft drinks their children drank over a
period. The women also were asked to complete
checklist of their children's behavior. The researchers found
43 percent of the boys and girls drank
least one daily serving of soda. Four percent
the youngsters had four or more sodas to
every day. Shakira Suglia is with Columbia University's
School of Public Health in New York City.
worked on the study with researchers from the
of Vermont and Harvard University School of Public
. She says they found that children who drank
most soda were more than two times as
as those who drank no soda to show
of aggression. The aggressive behaviors included destroying possessions
to others, taking part in fights and physically
people. Dr. Suglia says the researchers identified the
after they considered socio-demographic factors like the child's
and sex. They also considered other possible influences,
as whether the boys and girls were eating
or given fruit drinks on a normal day.
addition, the researchers examined parenting styles and social
at home. Dr. Suglia says it is not
why young children who drink a lot of
have behavior problems. But she says the ingredient
could cause children to be more aggressive. For
Learning English, I'm Carolyn Presutti.
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