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Tuesday 9 September 2014
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Fizzy drink rotting our kids’ teeth Some Nelson children are drinking so much soft drink their teeth are almost completely rotted by the time they start school. The latest figures show that sugar consumption in New Zealand has reached a new record high, with an average adult eating or drinking 54 kilograms a year. That’s the third highest rate in the western world, behind the US and Mexico, and Nelson Marlborough District Health Board principal dental officer Dr Robert Beaglehole says it’s time to cut back. “I saw a six-year-old last week and he needed eight teeth extracted and at least two fillings,” Robert says. “He was drinking one large bottle of Coke a day and so were his three siblings - the boy’s teeth were so bad he needed a general anaesthetic for the extraction. “The teeth are like the canary in the mine too, because too much sugary drink leads to diabetes and obesity. I urge
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all parents out there to look at the sugar intake of their family and make positive changes to the family eating pattern to reduce the amount of sugar in their diet.” Robert, who was in the Richmond Mall on Monday promoting Oral Health Week, says the main source of sugar for children and teenagers is soft drinks. The display showed that one 330 millilitre can of Coke contains nine teaspoons of sugar, which is three times the daily requirement for a child. “We are saying don’t drink your sugar. It’s become a real problem over the last 10 or 15 years because between 2000 and 2006 our soft drink consumption doubled,” Robert says. The NMDHB Oral Health Week display will be in the Mall for the rest of the week, from 11am to 2pm.
Car Company owner Shane Drummond, centre, with members of the Stoke Community Centre, who were given $5000 as part of the $10,000 Car Company Charity Drive. Photo: Andrew Board.
Community gets $10K The Car Company $10,000 Charity Drive had to step outside its brief on Friday – giving away more than $10,000 and splitting the money between more than just one group. The big winners were the Stoke Community Centre, which came
away with $5000, and the Nelson South Swim Club, which was given $4000 cash as well as an advertising package worth $3500, thanks to Mediaworks Nelson and Nelson Weekly. But the other three finalists that
gathered on Friday morning to hear the final results, didn’t leave empty-handed either. The Food for Families Trust and Pinnacle House Trust each walked
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