Sugary Drinks, Health Effects

Various happy people are shown drinking sugary drinks. Video cuts to pictures of obese adults walking around and dealing with various medical issues. The following scene is a child drinking soda with 50lbs in bags of sugar in front of him. The last scene shows the sugary drinks to avoid followed by the healthy alternatives.

VO: Sugary drinks may seem perfectly harmless but sugary drinks are a big reason for the obesity epidemic in America. Obesity causes type 2 diabetes and its serious complications like heart disease, blindness and even amputations. If your kids drink one bottle of soda a day they're eating 50 lbs of sugar a year, 50lbs from just one soda a day (Text: 50lbs from just one soda a day). So don't drink yourself sick (Text: Don't drink yourself sick). Go with water, seltzer, fat free milk or unsweetened teas instead (Text: Go with water, seltzer, fat free milk or unsweetened teas instead). Text: Are you pouring on the pounds? Get Healthy Alternatives!

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