When it comes to nutrition, not all drinks are created equal. Make no bones about it. Soda is the beverage of choice these days for both children and adults.
Young adults drink even more - up to three times as much soda as milk.
As the consumption of soda has increased so have the serving sizes. All that while the single serving carton of milk has stayed the same. Since soda is essentially water and sugar its been referred to as liquid candy. With soda, it's not just the sugar and calories that are at issue, after all diet soda contains neither. What's more worrisome is that soda displaces more nutrient-dense beverages like milk.