"We believe it is time to help children and adolescents break the high calorie fruit drink and soft drink habit," the report states and offers several key suggestions that can make healthier beverages more tasteful, available and enjoyable.
Make Healthy Beverage Alternatives More Flavorful
Mix sparkling mineral water and fruit juice. Diluting high-calorie fruit juices with water provides a refreshing beverage alternative.
Make Healthy Beverage Alternatives Easily Accessible
Keep refrigerated water and water-abundant fruits (watermelon, grapes, cantaloupe) easily accessible at home. Place children's cups and drinking glasses near the home water cooler.
Incorporate Substitutes Gradually
Substitute 100% juice for sugared drinks and place water in children's lunch boxes a few times during the week.
Make Healthy Beverage Alternatives Appealing
Beverage consumption is as much a social activity as a means to remain hydrated and quench thirst. The very fact that bottled water can be purchased in single-serve bottles in a variety of flavors puts it in the same league with soft drinks.
The new report appears in the November issue of Current Concepts and Perspectives in Nutrition, the Center's journal. Reprints of the report are available free of charge by contacting New York-Cornell Nutrition Information Center at 515 East 71 Street, New York, N.Y. 10021; 212-746-1617.
New York-Cornell's Nutrition Information Center serves as a resource for gathering and disseminating accurate and current information in nutrition research, clinical nutrition and basic nutrition principles to health professionals, and ultimately to the general public. The primary mission and highest priority of New York-Cornell's Nutrition Information Center is to serve as a resource for health professionals, keeping them up-to-date on important developments in the field of nutrition.
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