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Coke gets in your bones?
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Why would drinking Coca Cola and other
fizzy drinks make children more prone to bone fractures? That seems a
difficult question to answer but a study in Boston, Massachusetts
(Grace Wyshak. Archives of Pediatrics and
Adolescent Medicine
2000;154:610-13), has provided empirical
evidence linking the intake of these drinks with a history of fractures
in teenage girls. A total of 460 teenage schoolgirls took part in
a retrospective questionnaire survey in which they were asked, among
other things, about their physical activities, whether or not they
drank carbonated beverages, and whether they had ever had a bone
fracture. They were not asked about the quantities of the various
drinks they consumed. About 80% replied that they habitually drank
carbonated drinks, mostly colas. Twenty per cent reported having had a
fracture, some in early childhood. In the whole study group,
drinking carbonated beverages increased the odds of having had a
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