Drinking water: 20% of US kids drink no water at all, study finds
On an average day, 20% of U.S. kids drink no water at all, a new study finds – and they use soda and other sugary drinks to make up the difference. Those kids end up consuming nearly 100 extra calories a day, according to the survey, published Monday in the Journal of American Medical Association Pediatrics. Researchers called those calories ”empty.”