Adolescent Health

Consumption of Carbonated Drinks by Teenage Girls Associated with Bone Fractures

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 29th, 2000

Consumption of colas and other carbonated beverages is associated with bone fractures in teenaged girls, according to an article in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Grace Wyshak, PhD, from Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, analyzed self-reported survey data from 460 9th- and 10th-grade girls concerning physical activities, beverage consumption, and bone fractures to determine the possible association between carbonated beverage consumption and bone fractures among teenaged girls.

Nearly 80% of girls reported drinking carbonated beverages, 49.8% cola beverages only, 11.5% non-cola beverages only,...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2000-06-29)

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