Drink Healthy Drinks

Around 90 percent of Americans consume caffeine in one form or another every single day. More than half of all American adults consume more than 300 milligrams (mg) of caffeine every day, making it America’s most popular drug by far. The caffeine comes in from things like coffee, tea, cola, chocolate, etc.

Diet sodas and other noncalorie and low-calorie foods may be contributing to the childhood obesity epidemic, new research suggests.

In their rush to get only healthy drinks into schools, regulators have been ill-advised, say some drinks makers. Any school caterer serving to school-age teenagers will, from next month, have to follow new rules.