Sugar Shocker:

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Sugar Shocker

• Whats in YOUR Drink?

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Why do drinks matter?

• Eating or drinking lots of sugar is not healthy
  and can cause diseases like diabetes.
• Many drinks contain lots of hidden sugar.
• A diet high in pop or sugary drinks has
  additional health risks.
• Drinking pop can mean we drink lots of caffeine
  too.

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Best Choices

• Wonderful Water Healthy drink choice!
• Marvelous Milk Healthy drink choice!

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Choose Sometimes

• Unsweetened Juice
• Flavoured Milk (i.e. chocolate milk)

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Choose Least Often

• Chocolate Bar Milkshake
• The BIG One, slush drinks, Pop, Diet Pop

• Sports Drink
• Fruit Drink

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Sugar in drinks

• One cup (250ml) of milk contains about 3 tsp of
  sugar
• One cup (250ml) of unsweetened fruit juice
  contains about 7 tsp of sugar.
• Drinks with added sugar have more calories and
  dont have the nutrients of milk and juice.

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The Problem with Sugary Drinks

• Soft drinks have no nutritional value
• Today school kids drink 3 times more pop than 20
  years ago
• They now drink twice as much pop as milk
• Excess weight gain in children has been linked to
  sugar-sweetened drinks

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Source www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/rethinkyourdri
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Your choice matters!

• Sugar and Tooth Decay
• Sugar mixes with bacteria in your mouth and makes
  acid
• Diet and sugar-free drinks also contain acid
• Acid breaks down tooth enamel
• An acid attack lasts 20 minutes and starts
  again with every sip

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Your choice matters!

• Obesity and overweight
• High-sugar drinks add empty calories that can
  lead to weight gain
• Obese people have a higher chance of getting
  heart disease, cancer, stroke, Type 2 diabetes
  and high blood pressure

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Your choice matters!

• Osteoporosis
• Osteoporosis happens when your bones become weak
  and brittle
• Osteoporosis can happen if you dont get enough
  calcium and vitamin D in your diet
• Sugary drinks are often chosen instead of milk,
  which means that person may not get enough
  calcium and vitamin D

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About Calcium

• According to Canadas Food Guide to Healthy
  Eating, children and youth need

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Your choice matters!

• Caffeine
• Some pop (such as Coke, Pepsi, Barqs Root Beer,
  Jolt, Dr.Pepper) and some energy drinks contain
  caffeine
• Caffeine is a stimulant and affects people
  according to their body weight
• One can of cola (355 ml) may have the same effect
  on a young child as four cups of coffee would
  have on an adult

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Other reasons to

• Pop and other drinks create garbage
• Healthy drinks help you concentrate better in
  school
• Natural drinks are more traditional

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Rethink your drink, and you will

• Have a great smile
• Have a healthy environment
• Have healthy bones
• Have better concentration
• Have good overall health
• Keep up traditions

Source www.dropthepopnwt.ca
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Source www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/rethinkyourdri
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References

• (T-1) BACKGROUND INFORMATION, Rethink Your
  Drink Campaign, Calgary Health Region
  (www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/rethinkyourdrink)
• Drop The Pop NWT (www.dropthepopnwt.ca)
• David Thompson Health Region You Are What You
  Eat presentation (www.dthr.ab.ca/resources/docume
  nts/nutrition/index.htm)

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Funding and assistance for this project was
provided by

• Re-Think Your Drink Campaign
• The Health Promotion Fund, Department of Health
  and Social Services
• Health Promotion Nutrition Programs