Americans don’t want to drink soda anymore

[SheilaT]

27. Interesting points.

Since I haven't purchased soda at a store in over ten years, I honestly haven't a clue what it costs. Very rarely, perhaps twice a year, I'll get one at a restaurant, most often if it's a meal deal thing. Although I'm more likely to forgo the soft drink and have water instead.

And of course my anecdotal experiences have no larger meaning, but I haven't notice any lessening of soda drinking in my acquaintances, nor have I observed a switch to alternatives. I'm honestly horrified by the amount of soda so many people drink. It's hard to say what's worse, diet or regular, but most people's consumption is quite high.

It would be interesting to try to tease out any connection between soft drink consumption and various ills. Certainly the sugary stuff is a factor, although not the only one, in diabetes. But I wonder about other things. It would be very difficult to find any correlation, much less causation, but still, it could be an interesting thing to do.

Anyway, do you have any sense of what the drop in consumption is? Or what the switch to other products might be?