A NEW STUDY REVEALS...WEEK 3Coke Banned From Schools - "Soft drinks, including Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola, are to be banned from sale in Singapore schools. The aim is to reduce obesity among students." Evening Standard, 22nd April, 1992 Baby Drink Makers to be Sued Over Sugar - "1,200 children have joined a group action, 'Infant Drinks Litigation Group'." The Times, 20th April, 1994 Caffeine Dependence Syndrome - "Caffeine exhibits the features of a typical psychoactive substance of dependence. It is valuable to recognize caffeine dependence as a clinical syndrom..." Journal of the American Medical Association, October, 1994 Coffee Linked With Diabetes in Babies - "Pregnant women who are heavy coffee drinkers may be giving their unborn children diabetes, a study published today suggests. Researchers from Finland and America are pointing to a strong statistical correlation between countries with high coffee consumption and those with high levels of insulin-dependent diabetes, the type that usually affects young people." The Guardian, 9th March, 1990 Home Office Adviser Links Youth Drinking With Aids - "A dangerous link exists between youth drinking and the spread of Aids which must be broken, the chairwomen of the Home Office working group on young people and alcohol, Lady Masham, claimed yesterday... 'The young socialize in pubs. There's alcohol, then there's sex, then there's Aids'." The Guardian, 26th October, 1988 Cancer Risk in a Beer a Day - "People who drink more than seven pints of beer a week are three times more at risk from cancer of the pancreas, according to a .... report in the International Journal of Cancer." The Guardian, 5th April, 1989
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