Can you make a pledge to #gofizzfree for a whole month?
Fizz Free February is a great way to reduce your sugar intake by cutting out fizzy drinks. By going fizz free for all of February, it can help you on your way to drinking less sugary drinks for the rest of the year too.
Through this campaign, we aim to raise awareness of the health implications of drinking fizzy drinks which often contain high amounts of sugar. Latest data Public Health England on the nation’s diet shows that sugar now makes up 13.5% of 4 to 10 year-olds and 14.1% of teenagers daily calorie intake respectively, while the official recommendation is to limit sugar to no more than 5%. To join in, just pledge to give up fizzy drinks for 28-days.
The hard truth about soft drinks:
- You can save £438 a year if you stopped drinking one bottle of soft drink, per day for a year (source GULP)
- Drinking just one 330ml can of fizzy drink a day could add up to over a stone weight gain per year (source GULP)
- Tooth decay is the leading cause for hospitalisation among 5-9 year olds in the UK, with 26,000 children being hospitalised each year due to tooth decay – in other words, 500 each week.
Further information
For more reasons why you should quit fizzy drinks visit the Fizz Free February website.