http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/02/28/obesity-soft-drinks.aspxFor every soft drink or sugar-sweetened beverage a child drinks every day, their obesity risk appears to jump 60%. About 65% of adolescent girls and 74% of adolescent boys consume soft drinks daily. Currently, soft drinks constitute the leading sourceenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/02/28/obesity-soft-drinks.aspx#39640Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:25:34 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:39640saturnruler<p>I drink a diet soda every day, in my 40s &amp; slim. &nbsp;Why am I slimmer &amp; in better shape than I was in my teens--nearly 20 yrs of DAILY exercise, eating right 4 my blood type over the last nearly 10 (completely grain free) &amp; eat lots of tree nuts, raw carob powder &amp; follow a hunter-gatherer diet. &nbsp;I use a blood sugar balance formula daily as well. &nbsp;Yeah, I know the splenda isn't healthy but there's so much extremism in these articles. &nbsp;I guess ppl can't simply do moderation. &nbsp;1 diet soda isn't making ME fat.</p> <img src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=39640" width="1" height="1">