Just two years after high schools in Boston banned the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages, including soft dinks, sports drinks and fruit drinks on campus, area students are drinking significantly fewer sugary drinks, according to a new study published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease. The findings suggest such policy changes may be promising strategies to reduce unnecessary caloric intake among teenagers.
The study, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, tracked ninth- through 12th-graders for two years after the ban began in the 2004-05 school year. They found sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, inside and outside school, fell from an average of 1.71 servings per day in 2004 to 1.38 servings in 2006—roughly 45 calories per day. A serving was defined as one can or glass, with a 20-ounce bottle counting as two servings. By comparison, nationwide there was no statistically significant decrease in teens’ sugary-drink consumption between the 2003-04 and 2005-06 school years.
The study, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, tracked ninth- through 12th-graders for two years after the ban began in the 2004-05 school year. They found sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, inside and outside school, fell from an average of 1.71 servings per day in 2004 to 1.38 servings in 2006—roughly 45 calories per day. A serving was defined as one can or glass, with a 20-ounce bottle counting as two servings. By comparison, nationwide there was no statistically significant decrease in teens’ sugary-drink consumption between the 2003-04 and 2005-06 school years.
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