Study confirms college bottled water bans increase consumption of less-healthy drinks
July 1, 2015 : Alexandria, VA : BWW
:
New
research
published
in
the
American
Journal
of
Public
Health
(AJPH)
has
confirmed
the
International
Bottled
Water
Association's
(IBWA)
position
that
efforts
to
ban
or
restrict
the
sale
of
bottled
can
lead
to
increased
consumption
of
less
healthy
beverages
and
plastic
waste.
The
study:
"The
Unintended
Consequences
of
Changes
in
Beverage
Options
and
the
Removal
of
Bottled
Water
on
a
University
Campus,"
published
this
month
in
AJPH,
concluded
that
the
bottled
water
sales
ban
at
the
University
of
Vermont
(UVM)
resulted
in
a
significant
increase
(25
percent)
in
the
consumption
of
sugary
drinks
and
an
increase
(8.5
percent)
in
the
amount
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