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Nutrition Tips

What to Eat?

For information on how you can encourage your child to make healthy food choices, visit http://www.superkidsnutrition.com/

Exercise Tips

What to do?

The recommended amount of exercise for kids is 60 minutes a day. Are your kids getting enough?

Hydration Tips

Are you drinking enough water? By the time you are thirsty, you are already becoming dehydrated.

What to drink?

How Much Do We Actually Drink?
  • The average American consumes 50 gallons of soda and other sweetened beverages each year. 1
  • Soda is the single biggest source of refined sugars in the American diet.2
  • According to dietary surveys, Soda provides the average American with seven teaspoons of sugar per day, out of a total of 20 teaspoons. 3
  • Teenage boys get 44% of 34 teaspoons of sugar a day from Soda. 4
  • Teenage girls get 40% of 24 teaspoons of sugar from Soda.5
Facts About Effects Of Sugary Drinks And Children
  • A child’s risk for obesity increases an average of 60 percent with every additional daily serving of soda.6
  •  Marketers spend close to $500 million dollars a year to reach children and adolescents with messages about sugar-sweetened drinks, more than they spend on any other category.7