Boston High School Students Drinking Fewer Sugary Beverages

Following school district policy change, students drank fewer sodas, sports drinks and fruit drinks

For immediate release: Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Boston, MA – Two years after Boston schools prohibited the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages like sodas and sports drinks, local high school students were consuming significantly fewer sugary drinks, according to a new study published in Preventing Chronic Disease.