{"id":2913,"date":"2023-11-30T16:48:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thestar.test\/2023\/11\/30\/youth-make-health-pledge-to-ditch-sugar-for-tap-water-2\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T18:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:32:56","slug":"youth-make-health-pledge-to-ditch-sugar-for-tap-water-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/blog\/youth-make-health-pledge-to-ditch-sugar-for-tap-water-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth make health pledge to ditch sugar for tap water"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"metasingle\"> \t\t\t\t<span class=\"postDate\">Friday, September 20th, 2019<\/span> | <span class=\"postAuthor\">Posted by <a href=\"\/blog\/author\/tayla\/\" title=\"Posts by Tayla Kershaw\" rel=\"author\">Tayla Kershaw<\/a><\/span> \t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/metas <!-- --> \t\t\t \t\t\t<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"singlePageTitle\">Youth make health pledge to ditch sugar for tap water<\/h1>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/md17water-campaign0005-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30083\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/md17water-campaign0005-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/md17water-campaign0005-300x200.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/md17water-campaign0005-768x512.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/md17water-campaign0005-342x228.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>\n<p> HERE\u2019S CHEERS: &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/South-Coast-Primary-Community-Partnership-498308963640414\/?__tn__=K-R-R&amp;eid=ARABsP2yfu6ISUFeKTHzaqLiPkDbhyeiIixCTUucyOKkJuFjXNjwKs5v6hYzdEbpbrsV40Pz1Etp-zfO&amp;fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDPV6BEIcuehRnPdDjkyBiGw3kA_M24wl_BRq1fClZ0KOTIUA0hvDo-YDJpZbOkgVtFbw7pTVAIrmRWFD_ZLvjm2j6-CGTb5pZ5-ONm6sF4Bl6FaHtoSrvT74BoOb4Hp3fYth4D1i-hLxehPQkbMHQCmKpqWsOtnwxjf8oeEsGf9ubmEz40gz5NMJ3NPG600vrNaKFLYUxzvgH-E6MejS-UCNc5-qBmJ0xrabLmz0NN_VyomOez9BHlHqE8kQr0gCtD6d-ZKdVm2ZarqSCHCOVlbSRxvCPF7Fjv0XofnrPGeP3FaZmbQ2ubXID9g47e1cZcBPLFV-1UqPR_6eOwtl20L_W8NWW0KCyOJUiOi5KKSSBYZx89T15Vi_ZKiCQTti1kRgS3otm6UgoPXUTOtdEjMOXBFIsAdK0cw3AhSCO7PBMNsTl3XbIEpAt_7P1EdXgZyKE2BaxCqL1Ao2bJBMeJoytlE38qzvo\">South Coast Primary and Community Partnership<\/a>\u2019s Kristen Yates-Matthews and Sarah Green are helping to lead the charge on choosing tap water over sugary drinks.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MATT DUNN<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THE importance of last week\u2019s official launch of the \u2018Tap Water Every Day\u2019 campaign in Leongatha cannot be overstated.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s at stake? The health of the region\u2019s youth and possibly even the health of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>For, if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/South-Coast-Primary-Community-Partnership-498308963640414\/?__tn__=K-R-R&amp;eid=ARABsP2yfu6ISUFeKTHzaqLiPkDbhyeiIixCTUucyOKkJuFjXNjwKs5v6hYzdEbpbrsV40Pz1Etp-zfO&amp;fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDPV6BEIcuehRnPdDjkyBiGw3kA_M24wl_BRq1fClZ0KOTIUA0hvDo-YDJpZbOkgVtFbw7pTVAIrmRWFD_ZLvjm2j6-CGTb5pZ5-ONm6sF4Bl6FaHtoSrvT74BoOb4Hp3fYth4D1i-hLxehPQkbMHQCmKpqWsOtnwxjf8oeEsGf9ubmEz40gz5NMJ3NPG600vrNaKFLYUxzvgH-E6MejS-UCNc5-qBmJ0xrabLmz0NN_VyomOez9BHlHqE8kQr0gCtD6d-ZKdVm2ZarqSCHCOVlbSRxvCPF7Fjv0XofnrPGeP3FaZmbQ2ubXID9g47e1cZcBPLFV-1UqPR_6eOwtl20L_W8NWW0KCyOJUiOi5KKSSBYZx89T15Vi_ZKiCQTti1kRgS3otm6UgoPXUTOtdEjMOXBFIsAdK0cw3AhSCO7PBMNsTl3XbIEpAt_7P1EdXgZyKE2BaxCqL1Ao2bJBMeJoytlE38qzvo\">South Coast Primary &amp; Community Partnership<\/a>\u2019s push to see more young men drinking tap water is a success, it may well be a template for an Australia-wide initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Our region is the perfect place to start the campaign, for we certainly love our sugar.<\/p>\n<p>But statistics show that choosing consuming sugar comes at a big cost and switching to tap water has major health, financial and environmental benefits:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires 15.5 per cent of the adult population consumes sugar sweetened beverages on a daily basis.<\/li>\n<li>More than four per cent of adults from the same area consume NO water at all each day (South Gippsland 5.3 per cent, Bass Coast 3.3 per cent).<\/li>\n<li>Health data reveals that 7.6 per cent of the South Gippsland population has poor dental health, compared to the Victorian average of 5.6 per cent.<\/li>\n<li>Drinking water\u00a0<em>instead <\/em>of sugary drinks is a good way to decrease daily sugar consumption, which has been\u00a0linked to obesity\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/04\/25\/can-of-soda-diabetes-a-day-risk_n_3154464.html\">Type 2 diabetes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Drinking one 600ml bottle of regular soft drink a day for one year will mean you are consuming 23kg of sugar a year.<\/li>\n<li>Forty-seven per cent of children (two to 16 years of age) consume sugar sweetened beverages (including energy drinks) every day.<\/li>\n<li>Many drinks contain acid that harms your teeth, including regular and diet soft drinks, sports\/energy drinks and fruit juices. Acid weakens tooth enamel which can lead to tooth decay.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rethinksugarydrink.org.au\/facts\/tooth-decay.html\">Tooth decay <\/a>is the most prevalent disease in Australia.<\/li>\n<li>Drinking a 375ml can of sugar sweetened beverage will cost $1095 per year.<\/li>\n<li>In 2014, 530 billion plastic bottles were produced globally, a number expected to increase to nearly 650 billion by 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bass Coast Health CEO Jan Child \u2013 who has been joined in the campaign by fellow healthcare network bosses Chris Trotman (South Gippsland Hospital) and Mark Johnson (Gippsland Southern Health Service) \u2013 said the campaign was essential for the future health of region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe local health services were all doing stuff separately. To pool resources and have one plan that has the backing of the State Government, is going to be a game changer &#8211; amazing stuff,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people who access our emergency services are people who are overweight, aren\u2019t eating well, have cardiac issues because their veins or arteries are getting blocked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look at a product like Big M, that has so much sugar in it. People think they\u2019re consuming something that\u2019s healthy. They don\u2019t realise that it\u2019s something that\u2019s going to clog their veins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the campaign was about encouraging \u201chealthy choices\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose healthy choices are so critical. If we can reach young people, you\u2019ll stop them coming into the emergency ward in the future,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Students from Leongatha Secondary College, Korumburra Secondary College, South Gippsland Specialist School and Wonthaggi Secondary College were all at the launch.<\/p>\n<p>The teens have been instrumental in doing design work, constructing water drop symbols and surveying fellow students on what needs to be done to ensure the campaign\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>One specialist school student has even recorded a rap urging people to embrace tap water as their beverage of choice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/South-Coast-Primary-Community-Partnership-498308963640414\/?__tn__=K-R-R&amp;eid=ARABsP2yfu6ISUFeKTHzaqLiPkDbhyeiIixCTUucyOKkJuFjXNjwKs5v6hYzdEbpbrsV40Pz1Etp-zfO&amp;fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDPV6BEIcuehRnPdDjkyBiGw3kA_M24wl_BRq1fClZ0KOTIUA0hvDo-YDJpZbOkgVtFbw7pTVAIrmRWFD_ZLvjm2j6-CGTb5pZ5-ONm6sF4Bl6FaHtoSrvT74BoOb4Hp3fYth4D1i-hLxehPQkbMHQCmKpqWsOtnwxjf8oeEsGf9ubmEz40gz5NMJ3NPG600vrNaKFLYUxzvgH-E6MejS-UCNc5-qBmJ0xrabLmz0NN_VyomOez9BHlHqE8kQr0gCtD6d-ZKdVm2ZarqSCHCOVlbSRxvCPF7Fjv0XofnrPGeP3FaZmbQ2ubXID9g47e1cZcBPLFV-1UqPR_6eOwtl20L_W8NWW0KCyOJUiOi5KKSSBYZx89T15Vi_ZKiCQTti1kRgS3otm6UgoPXUTOtdEjMOXBFIsAdK0cw3AhSCO7PBMNsTl3XbIEpAt_7P1EdXgZyKE2BaxCqL1Ao2bJBMeJoytlE38qzvo\">South Coast Primary &amp; Community Partnership<\/a>\u2019s Sarah Green described the campaign as \u201cfor young people, by young people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more details on what you can do, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoastpcp.org.au\/\">https:\/\/www.southcoastpcp.org.au\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Making the change<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carry a water bottle.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure your kids take a reusable water bottle to school, sporting activities and when out and about.<\/li>\n<li>Keep a jug of fresh water in your fridge for the whole family to enjoy.<\/li>\n<li>Start and end your day with water at your family table.<\/li>\n<li>Why not try infusing water with fruit, vegetables, or herbs? It\u2019s an easy way to make water enticing without adding sugar.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the campaign: ##TapWaterEveryDay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><small><strong>Short URL<\/strong>: \/?p=30081<\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"entryMeta\"> \t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4ba34fb3f53e7e3c7424f939a49e3a2?s=39&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4ba34fb3f53e7e3c7424f939a49e3a2?s=78&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-39 photo' height='39' width='39' \/>\t\t\t\t\tPosted by  <a href=\"\/blog\/author\/tayla\/\" title=\"Posts by Tayla Kershaw\" rel=\"author\">Tayla Kershaw<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton Sep 20 2019. 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