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| As per figure published in Center for Science in the public interest (CSPI) website about consumption of carbonated soft drink in America “companies annually produce enough soda pop to provide 557, 12-ounce cans, 52.4 gallons-to every man, woman and child”. (198.33 litre per person per year, that is almost equal to more than half litre per day per person, 1US gallon = 3.785 litre). Drinking habit of soft drinks in UK is also not better. “More than 5,560 million litres of carbonated soft drinks are consumed every year in the UK.” Let’s consider at present UK population is approximately about 60 millions. That means each person in UK drinks about 92.66 litres per year. It is definitely surprising. It seems that people in America and UK drink carbonated soft drinks in place of milk and water. Welcome to the world of carbonated drinks. Let’s have a look on various researches which have been done over the years about the impact of carbonated drinks on human health. Sugar Sweetened Drink And Child Obesity You will be surprised to know that carbonated soft drinks are the largest single source of calories in American people diet, about seven percent of daily calories intake. |