Sugar Obsessed Teenagers Have Too Sweet a Diet

Teenagers are consuming for too much sugar in their sugar-sweetened soft drinks and fruit juices.
Such drinks provide no nutritional value apart from adding calories to teenagers’ diets which can increase their risk of heart disease later on in life.
This is the evidence related to recent American research which has linked excess sugar consumption amongst teenagers to number of health conditions like obesity and hypertension which are triggers for heart disease.
Sugary drinks are a main constituent of teenager diets . Parents need to be aware of how much sugar their children are consuming and that there are negative health implications related to this.
An average recommendation as to the calorific intake for teenagers is 2,200 calories per day, with a limit of 150 calories from added sugar. Whereas, many teenagers are consuming at least 500 calories from added sugar on a daily basis.