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Why Children Shouldn’t Drink Squash/Cordial
In this week’s episode, I discuss the evidence on whether young children should be consuming sweet drinks like squash/cordial/diluting juice.
I explain where the research is up to and give some practical advice that parents can use to help improve their children’s dietary variety.
TIMEPOINTS
01:14 – My stance on whether children should have artificially sweetened drinks
05:55 – Should we be controlling children’s diets
07:26 – Why children crave sweetness
10:30 – Why sweetness can be more damaging to behaviour in children compared to adults
REFERENCES
Drewnowski et al., (2012) Sweetness and Food Preference
Mennella et al., (2001) Prenatal and Postnatal Flavor Learning by Human Infants