What strategies can help reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages?

• A. Encourage more juice.
• B. Only increase physical activity.
• C. Replace with water, educate on calories, set home beverage limits.
• D. Skip meals.

Answer: (C)

Reducing sugar-sweetened beverage intake works best when you address what people drink, how much they know about calories, and the environment that makes these drinks easy to access. Replacing sugary drinks with water directly lowers sugar and overall calories and helps form a habit of choosing non-caloric beverages. Educating on calories increases awareness of how quickly those drinks add up, which makes healthier options more appealing. Setting home beverage limits creates practical support and reduces easy access to sugary drinks, reinforcing the healthier choice in daily life. In contrast, simply boosting physical activity doesn’t change how much sugary drinks are consumed, juice can still be high in sugar and calories, and skipping meals isn’t a reliable or healthy strategy for reducing beverage intake.