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e b

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dri

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for

mo

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ARP

ACK

EDD

RIN

KS

GIVE YO

UR FA

MILY H

EALTH

IER CHO

ICES.

Su

gar-p

acked

beverag

es sho

uld

be an

occasio

nal treat, n

ot p

art of th

e daily d

iet. If yo

u d

on

’t keep th

em in

you

r refrigerato

r at ho

me, th

ey wo

n’t b

e you

r family’s first ch

oice

wh

en th

ey’re thirsty. In

stead, sto

ck the refrig

erator w

ith fresh

cold

water, u

nsw

eetened

tea o

r low

-fat milk. If yo

u like b

ub

bles, seltzer w

ith a d

ash o

f oran

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mm

er d

rink. A

lso, ag

uas frescas are trad

ition

al drin

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ade at h

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e in

expen

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tap w

ater and

fruits, veg

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ices and

herb

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me req

uire a

little sug

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som

e are just fin

e with

ou

t. Bu

t all are tasty and

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for

a link to

their w

ebsite.

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health

y load

of su

gar th

ey are taking

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drin

ks 4

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allon

s of su

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e average A

merican

con

sum

es far too

mu

ch su

gar —

alm

ost 8

0 p

ou

nd

s of ad

ded

sug

ar per p

erson

per year.

Th

e #1 sou

rce? Su

gary d

rinks like so

da, ju

ice drin

ks, sw

eet tea, energ

y/spo

rts drin

ks and

oth

er sug

ar-packed

b

everages. O

ver the p

ast few d

ecades, all th

at sug

ar —

especially liq

uid

sug

ar — h

as led to

a big

increase in

o

besity an

d d

iabetes. R

ou

gh

ly two

-third

s of all A

merican

s are o

bese o

r overw

eigh

t.

Th

e twin

epid

emics o

f ob

esity and

diab

etes have h

it S

an A

nto

nio

and

Bexar C

ou

nty esp

ecially hard

. We are

ranked

as the m

ost o

verweig

ht larg

e metro

area in T

exas. B

ut th

ere is ho

pe! In

recent years o

besity h

as dro

pp

ed

from

35

% o

f the ad

ult p

op

ulatio

n to

28

.5%

. Wh

y? B

ecause p

eop

le are exercising

mo

re, and

fewer p

eop

le are d

rinkin

g su

gary b

everages every d

ay. If these tren

ds

con

tinu

e, ob

esity and

diab

etes rates will co

ntin

ue to

fall,

and

San

An

ton

io w

ill be a h

ealthier, m

ore p

rosp

erou

s and

m

ore en

joyab

le com

mu

nity to

live in.

Please jo

in u

s in

a

com

mu

nity-w

ide

camp

aign

to

make su

re that h

app

ens. Y

ou

and

you

r family can

mak

e h

ealthier d

rink

cho

ices by learn

ing

ho

w m

uch

sug

ar is in

com

mo

nly co

nsu

med

beverag

es.