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Chapter I

Introduction

Introduction Carbonated soft drinks are commonly known as soda. The name
“soft drink” infers that the beverage does not contain alcohol, which is considered a “hard
drink”. Carbonated soft drinks are available in types that are sweetened with sugars or with the
sugar substitutes. (Jacquilene B. Marcos et al. 2013) Soft drinks can make you have a health
problem, soda have a high quantity of sugar that can make you obese and acidic. Most soda
contain caffeine which has been linked to certain cancers, breast lumps, irregularly heart beat,
high pressure and other problems. Drinking soda regularly causes plaque to build up on the
teeth and can lead to cavities. (Mani Mohan Nehru, 2018). Soft drinks can increase your sugar
level that causes diabetes and other diseases that will harm you. When consumed in excess,
added sugar can adversely affect your health. However, some sources of sugar are worse than
others and sugary drinks are by far the worst. This primarily applies to sugary soda but also to
fruit juices, highly sweetened coffees, and other sources of liquid sugar. (Joe Leech, Ms 2019)

Background of the study

This study focuses on the harmful effects of drinking too much soda to the
health of Grade 11 Food and Beverages Services which students can affect their health on
drinking a large amount of soda. Dr. Hans Peter Kubis, the director of the health exercise
and rehabilitation group at Bangor University in England has found that drinking soda on a
regular basis can actually change the metabolism in the human body. Soft drink
consumption has become a highly visible and controversial public health and public policy
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have consequently been targeted as a means to help curtail the rising prevalenue
of obesity particularly among children. (Vartanian LR et al, 2007).

Significance of the study

The researchers decided to focus on this problem to give awareness to people

why drinking too much soda is harmful to the health. This study is beneficial to every
individual who are drinking too much soda and who take it as their habit, they will be
knowledgeable on the different harmful effects they might get if they drink too much soda.

Scope and limitations of the study

This study focuses on the Harmful effects of drinking too much soda to the
health of the Grade 11 Food and Beverages Services Students of Systems Plus College
Foundation- Miranda for the Academic Year 2019-2020.
The following questions will be used;
A. How often do you drink soda?
B. What are the Harmful effects of drinking too much soda to your health?
Furthermore, the respondents of this study includes 3 section of Food and Beverages
Services Strand. Namely; Humility with 17 female and 13 male students for a total of 30
students, Charity with 25 female and 8 male students for a total of 33 students, Patience
with 17 female and 11 male students for a total of 28 students, with a total of 91 students
who are officially enrolled as Grade 11 Food and Beverages Services Strand of Systems
Plus College Foundation- Miranda for the Academic Year 2019-2020.
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Chapter II

Local Literature
According to Congresswoman Leni Robredo, while other countries have already
taken steps to ban unhealthy food, a similar bill is being push in the Philippines to ban soda and
unhealthy drinks in schools around the country. The bill is called The Healthy Beverages
Options Act 4021 or House Bill 4021 authored by Congresswoman Maria Leonor “Leni”
Robredo of Camarines Sur and Dinagat Islands Representative Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao, as
petitioned by a ten year old boy named Daniel “chip” Gatmaytan.
House Bill 4021 regulates the availability of beverages to children in schools
from preparatory to highschool. The proposed statute says that all schools shall educate
students of the effects of consuming unhealthy food and drinks, including sugar to the body. It
also seeks that
soft drinks, drinks containing caffeine and additional sweeteners, and fruit based drinks with
less than 50% real fruit juice will not be provided or sold in schools.
Potable water will be provided by all schools for free, while the selling of fruit
juice with at least 50% real fruit juice content, low or fat free and calcium- fortified milk will
be encouraged. The bill is more than just an answer to the growing rise of obesity in the
country, says Robredo. While doing research to help push the bill in congress, Robredo found
that a number of Philippines public schools especially those in rural and provincial areas, sold
soft drinks because of a lack of availability of potable water in their area.
Should the bill be signed into law, the Departure of Health and the Department
of Education will be the agencies to create and put into the effect the implementing rules and
regulations. DepEd will be tasked to implement provisions, conducting periodic compliance
reviews. Those violating provisions will be fined 100, 000 thousands. Once the bill is passed,
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The bill was first proposed in 2011 in a campaign initiated by Gatmaytan after
doing extensive research on the effects of sugar on health for a social studies project in Grade
2. Gatmaytan is now in 5th grade, and he is still
pursuing the passing of House Bill 4021. When asked why he believes in the cause, Gatmaytan
says “Because I care about children’s health. I want them to be healthy”. When asked if there
was anything he’d like to tell fellow kids and other adults about the bill, he just says. “Please
help me support this bill and drink healthy”. Robredo also encourages those in support of the
bill to write their representatives to push for this bill to be passed.

Foreign Literature
Soft drinks are non alcoholic beverage that contain carbon dioxide, nutritive or
non nutritive sweetness, natural or synthetic flavours, colours, acidification agents, chemical
preservatives emulsifiers in addition to other various functional agents. Studies in adolescents
has revealed that soft drink consumption is too high in adolescents which has been associated
with higher risk of becoming overweight and increased risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease
and some cancer. A healthy diet during childhood and adolescents promotes optimal health,
growth and cognitive development of the child, adolescents and may contribute to the
prevention of chronic diseases in later life. The evidence linking soft drinks consumption to
overweight and obesity is now strong. Consumption of acidic foods such as soft drinks in
children is however thought to be the major cause of dental erosion in children. Although some
studies believe there is insufficient evidence to directly implicate soft drinks at present there
is an overwhelming
of evidence demonstrating a casual relationship between acidic drink consumption and dental
erosion. Soft drinks are the second biggest contributor to caffeine intake which is often cited as
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research that demonstrates that caffeine can be both beneficial and detrimental to individual.

Children whose parents regularly drink soft drinks are more likely to consume
soft drinks than children whose parents do not consume soft drinks regularly. The benefits of
reducing soft drink consumption include reduced overweight and obesity, reduced risk of some
chronic diseases, reduced intake of caffeine and improved dental health. Behaviour change
options include the replacement of soft drink with water, replacement of soft drink with
artificially sweetened drinks and the reduction of the frequency and quantity of consumption.
(Harrison, Vuvor 2017)

Chapter III

Method
Qualitative is all about gathering information by using interview, or social intellect by other
people to seek information. And qualitative research is a type of social research that collects
and works with non numerical data and that seeks to interpret from these data that helps
understand social life through the studies to targeted population or place. (Crossman,2019)

Research Design
Descriptive research, also known as statistical research, describes data and characteristics
about the population or phenomenon being studied. However, it does not answer question about
eg: how/when/why the characteristics occurred, which is done under analytic research. (Yña
Tejol, 2019)
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Respondents of the study

Res Respondents StraS Strand Sect Section

R1 FBS CHARITY
R2 FBS CHARITY
R3 FBS CHARITY
R4 FBS FBS CHARITY
R5 FBS CHARITY
R6 FBS CHARITY
R7 FBS CHARITY
R8 FBS CHARITY
R9 FBS CHARITY
R10 FBS CHARITY
R11 FBS HUMILITY
R12 FBS HUMILITY
R13 FBS HUMILITY
R14 FBS HUMILITY
R15 FBS HUMILITY
R16 FBS HUMILITY
R17 FBS HUMILITY
R18 FBS HUMILITY
R19 FBS HUMILITY
R20 FBS HUMILITY
R21 FBS FBS PATIENCE
R22 FBS PATIENCE
R23 FBS PATIENCE
R24 FBS PATIENCE
R25 FBS PATIENCE
R26 FBS FBS PATIENCE
R27 FBS PATIENCE
R28 FBS FBS PATIENCE
R29 FBS PATIENCE
R30 FBS PATIENCE
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Table 1 shows the respondents of the study. There were 30 sections involved from the Grade 11
Food and Beverages services strand. Namely; Humility, Patience and Charity with 10
respondents each for a total of 3p respondents, currently enrolled at Systems Plus College
Foundation-Miranda, Academic Year 2019-2020.

Research Locale
The study was conducted at Systems Plus College Foundation-Miranda Academic Year 2019-
2020.

Instrumentation

Unstructured Technique An unstructured interview is an interview in which there is no specific

set of predetermined questions, although the interviewers usually have certain topics in mind
that they wish to cover during the interview. Unstructured interviews flow like an everyday
conversation and tend to be more informal and open-ended. (Yolanda Williams,2019)

(Sub-problem)
A. How often do you drink soda?
B. What are the harmful effects of drinking too much soda to your health?

Data Gathering Procedure

Instrumentation Interview is also one of the way to get more information and also it is a planed
conversation to a specific purpose involving two or more people, Interview is a very systematic
method by which a person enters deeply into the life of even a stranger and can bring out
needed information and data for the research purpose. (Dr. S. M. Amunuzzaman et al, 2016).
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Chapter IV

Table 2.
Respondents How often do you drink What are the harmful effects
soda? of drinking too much soda
to your health?

R1 2 times a week There has a possibility that

you can get a cancer if you
are always drink soda.

R2 Sometimes It can cause acidity and

UTI.

R3 2 times a week It can cause acidity and UTI

R4 3 times a week, It can affect your kidney

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R5 2 times a week It can affect your kidney,

UTI and itching pains

R6 2 times a week It can cause UTI and dibetes

R7 2 times a week It can cause acidity

R8 2 times a week It can cause acidity

R9 3 times a week It can cause UTI

R10 2 times a week It can cause UTI

R11 3 times a week, sometimes It can cause diabetic

because of the sugar inside
the soda
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R12 2 times a week It can cause acidity and also
UTI
R13 Once a week It can make you obese

R14 Once a week It can cause acidity

R15 4 times a week It can cause acidity

R16 2 times a week It can cause acidity

R17 3 times a week It can cause diabetes and

also acidity

R18 2 times a week It can cause stomach ache

R19 5 times a week It can cause UTI

R20 Everyday after I eat my It can cause UTI

lunch

R21 2 times a week It can cause acidity

R22 Sometimes You are prone to diseases

and it can cause acidity

R23 Sometimes It can cause acidity

R24 Everytime I eat It can affect your kidney

R25 2 times a week It can cause acidity

R26 Sometimes It can cause acidity

R27 2 times a week It can cause acidity

R28 2 times a day It can cause acidity

R29 Once a week It can cause UTI

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Table 2 shows that most of the respondents answer Acidity and UTI on the harmful
effect of drinking too much soda.

One can of soda can contain 10 teaspoon of added sugar. That a lot of sugar! When you
feed your body that amount of sugar in liquid form, it can make your blood sugar rise and cause
your body to produce more insulin to process it. Drinking soda or other sweetened beverages
regularly is associated with a higher risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and and
other health problems (the healthy, 2019)

Soda and other carbonated beverages are some of the main causes of acid reflux. The
bubbles of carbonation expand inside the stomach, and the increased pressure contributes to
reflux. Sodas with caffeine and those that are acidic (almost all) are even worse of the
beverages that were tested, Coke, Tab, and Diet Pepsi were the most acidic. All carbonated
beverages can be a problem, so the authors recommend abstaining completely to avoid acid
reflux. (Health.com, 2011.)

Using this study researchers could open up the eyes of the students on what might be the
outcome of the harmful effects of drinking too much soda. The researchers respondents
answered that they could get Acidity, Diabetes, UTI, Obesity and it can also affect the kidney.
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In question how often do they drink soda, Most of the respondents answered twice a
week and some are thrice and sometimes. Furthermore, in the next question what are the
harmful effects of drinking too much soda to your health, Most of the respondents answered
acidity and UTI, some says that it can affect their kidney.

Drinking water instead of soda can helps to prevent illness such as acidity, UTI, diabetes, etc.
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