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Healthy snacks benefit not only children’s teeth but also their overall health, building strong bones and muscles and boosting brain development, according to Alice S. Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Director for the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Professor, Department of Nutrition at the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine.

According to Gary Rozier, DDS, Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, drinking water straight from the tap is important to a child’s overall good health. “A study published in the journal Pediatrics in September 2014 reported that the prevalence of obesity in 6-year-old children was twice as great among children who consumed sugar-sweetened beverages during infancy compared to those who didn’t (17.0% vs 8.6%).

According to Dr. Jim Congleton, DDS MS, a pediatric dentist in practice at New Bern’s Coastal Pediatric Dentistry, misleading food labels are creating a perfect storm for tooth problems, and that storm is called sugar. “A lot of parents are giving kids way too much juice. Advertising leads them to believe there is no sugar in juices and they are good for children. For instance, an apple juice label may say 100% Natural with No Sugar Added. Don’t believe it. Read the nutrition facts: per serving!