What type of beverage do you reach for when you're with friends? The choices you make have the potential to greatly affect your health-for better or for worse. This educational video uses a fast-paced, teen-friendly format to address the growing national obesity problem and how beverages are a factor. Topics covered include the effect of beverages on weight gain, beverage size, the dangers of both regular and diet sodas, a comparison of sports and energy drinks, a nutritional breakdown of other popular beverages, and the benefits of drinking water. Encourage your students to make healthy choices that will help them feel and look great with this up-to-date, entertaining video on beverages. This video includes lots of facts and figures and is content rich to impress young adults on the best beverages.

Originally released by Learning Zone Xpress, 2007. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 02, 2015.

Obesity and Soda (5:32); --Soda, Diet Soda, and Performance Drinks (6:42); -- Is Juice a Healthy Beverage? (3:27); -- Is Milk a Healthy Choice? (5:19); .