We know that a good diet is important for children, but are we aware of the drinks available at school, at home or outside of home? Most drinks contain a good deal of added sugar, and commercial or bottled drinks would also contain all sorts of preservatives and chemicals.
Over 40 percent of students in secondary schools, junior colleges and the centralised institutes consumed sugary drinks daily, according to a Students Health Survey in 2009 by the Health Promotion Board (HPB).
The habit seems to be cultivated when they were younger. Another HPB survey (conducted between 2008 and 2009) found that 28 percent of parents and caregivers gave sugary drinks to their children, aged between four and nine, more than once a week. This increases to 34 percent for children aged 10 years and above.
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