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24 November, 2009

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Further information related to this fact sheet: Child nutrition - juices and sweet drinks.

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Related information on other websites Department of Human Services Victoria, Nutrition.
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References used for this fact sheet Why no sweet drinks for children [online], ‘Kids go for your life’, Department of Human Services, Victorian Government. Prepared by ‘Filling the Gaps’. More information here. Vartanian, L. R., Schwartz, M. B. & Brownell, K. D., ‘Effects of soft drink consumption on nutrition and health: A systematic review and meta-analysis’, in American Journal of Public Health, April 2007, vol. 97, no. 4, pp. 667–75. More information here.

Last updated: August 2009

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