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Sugary drinks, salty snacks: A health risk for children
These products are largely made from water, citric acid, sugars such as sucrose or high fructose corn syrup and artificial colours and flavours. Carbonated drinks also contain carbon dioxide gas dissolved under high pressure. Health experts warn that the sugar content in these drinks exceeds what a child’s body needs.
A woman preparing fruit juice cocktail, one of the best alternatives recommended by dietitians for children instead of a fizzy drink. All natural fruit juice with little or no sugar is okay. Credit: Jackson Ssewanyana)
By: Jackson Sewanyana, Journalist @New Vision
KAMPALA - What children eat in their earliest years shapes survival, learning and future productivity. Yet for many families, nutrition is constrained by habits, misinformation and limited choices.