ialsohaveadream
10-23-2005, 08:18 AM
The original article forgot a few words, so I went ahead and added them. The info that it was funded by the beverage industry is buried in a later paragraph, so don't be surprised if you see it in your local paper without that information. Press release journalism at it's finest. :rolleyes:
FRIDAY. Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Contradicting widely held views, a new study has found that consumption of carbonated soft drinks from school vending machines has a negligible impact on adolescent weight problems.
Given that, the data does not support a policy of banning or restricting sales of soft drinks in schools, the authors concluded.
"We don't want this research to be taken to indicate that we think the problem of adolescent overweight is nonexistent or something we shouldn't pay attention to," said study author Richard A. Forshee, deputy director and director of research at the University of Maryland's Center for Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Policy. "We believe adolescent obesity is a very serious problem. We think these kinds of analyses are necessary to help us find most effective interventions so we can have a positive impact on a problem we all care about."
Other nutrition experts argued that the study missed the larger picture.
"You're not going to be able to find one thing that is going to be the be-all and end-all in obesity in kids," said Cathy Nonas, director of the diabetes and obesity programs at North General Hospital in New York City and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. "I don't think any one thing is going to have a strong effect, but if we don't start to do some of these things now, we don't have a chance in hell of reducing obesity."
The study appeared in the October issue of Risk Analysis, and was funded by the American Beverage Association. Forshee maintained that his group "followed a very rigorous scientific process" and that the association had no input into the analysis, design, interpretation or decision to publish the research. The researchers had initially approached the association for funding.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20051022/hl_hsn/studyrefutessoftdrinksimpactonkidsobesity
FRIDAY. Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Contradicting widely held views, a new study has found that consumption of carbonated soft drinks from school vending machines has a negligible impact on adolescent weight problems.
Given that, the data does not support a policy of banning or restricting sales of soft drinks in schools, the authors concluded.
"We don't want this research to be taken to indicate that we think the problem of adolescent overweight is nonexistent or something we shouldn't pay attention to," said study author Richard A. Forshee, deputy director and director of research at the University of Maryland's Center for Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Policy. "We believe adolescent obesity is a very serious problem. We think these kinds of analyses are necessary to help us find most effective interventions so we can have a positive impact on a problem we all care about."
Other nutrition experts argued that the study missed the larger picture.
"You're not going to be able to find one thing that is going to be the be-all and end-all in obesity in kids," said Cathy Nonas, director of the diabetes and obesity programs at North General Hospital in New York City and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. "I don't think any one thing is going to have a strong effect, but if we don't start to do some of these things now, we don't have a chance in hell of reducing obesity."
The study appeared in the October issue of Risk Analysis, and was funded by the American Beverage Association. Forshee maintained that his group "followed a very rigorous scientific process" and that the association had no input into the analysis, design, interpretation or decision to publish the research. The researchers had initially approached the association for funding.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20051022/hl_hsn/studyrefutessoftdrinksimpactonkidsobesity