In the article "Children and Sweetened Drinks: What's a Parent to Do?", clinical director of the Weight Management and Wellness Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, claims that the solution to obesity is to avoid unhealthy beverages. Unfortunately, many children are at the risk of being overweight. In the United States, obesity affects one out of six minors. (Jeanie Lerche Davis). Avoiding sweetened drinks can be a chance for a child with slow metabolism to lose weight. It is very important to completely eliminate these products from a diet because even one or two per day can cause unwanted effects. In the article, it is also said that that kids tend to eat more while drinking sweetened beverages. Although these drinks contain huge
