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Subject: Human and Social Biology

Date Submitted:

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Table of Content

Contents Page

Background 1

Presentation of Data

Analysis and Interpretation of Data

Conclusion

Recommendation

Reflection

Bibliography

Appendices
 Background

Sugary drinks can provide a serious health danger to children in schools when they start to

reopen their doors. The statistical analysis in this study will focus on "The impact of sugary

drinks on Sydney Pagon Stem Academy students' health." Over one thousand (1000) students

attend Sydney Pagon STEM Academy, which is located in Elm District, Brae's River P.O., St.

Elizabeth.

Problem Statement

Students health are affected by the sugary content of the drinks/juices they consume on a daily

basis.

Research Objectives

To find out the severity of the effects sugary drinks/juices have on students at Sydney Pagan

Stem Academy.

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 Methodology

Twenty surveys were distributed to students by the researcher during their lunch break. Each

student was given the identical questionnaire to complete, and all of the surveys were collected

after lunch. The researcher thinks that employing a questionnaire to gather data might speed up

the data collection process overall.

Cooperation between students in regards to responding to and sending back the questionnaires to

the researcher is the one significant issue the researcher will face when doing the research. The

researcher will need to make sure that all questionnaires are collected as soon as they are

completed in order to avoid loss or harm to the survey instrument.

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 Presentation of Data

What are your favourite beverage to drink at school?

Water
Vegetable Juice 5%
5%

Fruit Juice
25%

Soda
65%

Soda Fruit Juice Vegetable Juice Water

Fig.1. Pie chart showing responses to the question; “What is your favorite beverage to drink at

school?”

Bar graph showing how students feel after consuming sugary drinks

hyperactive 45%

lazy 35%
Options

Sleepy 20%

Mood 0%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

% of responses

Series 1

Fig.2. Bar chart showing responses to the question; “How do you normally feel after drinking

sugary drinks?”

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 During the past 5 days ,how many times did you drink sugary drinks?
90%
80%
80%

70%

60%

50%
Axis Title Column1
40%

30%

20% 15%
10%
10%

0%
1 to 2 3 to 5 0 to 1
Axis Title

Figure 3 is a column chart displaying the response to the question how many times did you drink

sugary drinks?

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 Analysis and interpretation of data

According to the pie chart above, 57% of the respondents chose soda which is unhealthy,
influences their choice when choosing their favorite beverage, 33% of the respondent’s chose
fruit juice when choosing their favorite beverage, 0% of the respondents chose vegetable juice
when choosing their favorite beverage, 10% of the respondents chose water when choosing their
favorite beverage. It can be concluded that their favorite beverage are chosen based on what they
like and based on which is the healthiest choice.
Based on the bar graph above, 45% of the respondents say they felt hyperactive after drinking
sugary drinks, while 45% of the respondents say they felt lazy after drinking sugary drinks, 25%
of the respondents say they felt sleepy after drinking sugary drinks whi0% of the respondents say
they felt mood swings. This proved that sugary drinks have an effect on their behavior.
According to the column chart above, 80% of the respondents say they drink sugary drinks 3-5
days of the week, while 15% of the respondents say 0-1days out of the week they drinks sugary
drinks, 10% of the respondents say they drink sugary drinks 1-2 days of the week. It can be
concluded that the respondents drink sugary drinks for most of the week

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 Conclusion

Sugary drinks affect the health of most students mainly causing hyperactivity and weight gain.

The researcher believes reducing our preference for sweet beverages will require concerted

action in our high school structure starting from markets in the beverage industry, government

investment as well as from our school.

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 Recommendation

Some recommendations that the researcher would like to put forward are:

 Increase the price of unhealthy juice and reduce the price of the healthy juice.

 In early 2019, the government implemented a policy to restrict certain types of sugary

drinks that were sold in schools. Yes the government implemented that policy however

schools are not following the rule. The researcher believe the government should hold

them accountable

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 Reflection

Upon completing this research there were a number of lessons learnt. One eye opening fact is the

amount of sugar that is in the beverages consumed by the students at school. The second thing I

have learned about are the health implications you will get after consuming sugary beverages.

For example: diabetes, obesity & hyperactive. The researcher is now cognizant of the fact that

more attention should be placed on the labels of the products that they are consuming this will

help them understand what they are digesting and the amount of sugar too. One way of

improving this project is to get some information from a scientist and health physicians in the

field of children’s health. Research has shown that consuming sugary beverages also increases

the genetic risk of obesity and other health problems. The researcher believes the biggest

economic impact that the government will face in the health industry is the over burden on our

hospitals. I think the government should place more attention on educating citizens about the

negative effects of consuming sugary beverages. They should also consider putting warning

signs on these beverages and highlighting the amount of sugar that one will consume after

drinking high content sugary drink or juice

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 Bibliography

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20191018/lasco-launches-50-cent-less-sugar-icool-

drink

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6023a2.htm

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-to-do-when-your-child-eats-too-much-sugar/amp/

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20180606/sugary-drink-ban-new-policy-be-

implemented-schools-january-2019

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20220501/sweeter-better

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 Appendix

I am a student at Sydney Pagon Stem Academy who is conducting a research on the topic,

“the effects that sugary drinks have on student’s health.” I’m asking for your help in

completing this questionnaire.

1. What age group do you belong to?

12-13 ☐

14-15☐

16-17 ☐

2. Gender

Male

Female

3. What is your favorite beverage to drink at school?

Soda ☐

Fruit Juice ☐

Vegetable Juice ☐

Water ☐

4. Which of the following effects of sugary drinks do you know?

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 Hyperactive ☐

Obesity☐

Weight gain☐

Diabetes and bone problem☐

5. Do you think sugary drinks should be banned at school?

Yes ☐

No ☐

6. How do you normally feel after drinking sugary drinks?

Mood Swing ☐

Sleepy ☐

Lazy ☐

Hyperactivity ☐

7. During the past 5 days. How many times did you drink sugary drinks?

1-2 ☐

3-5 ☐

0-1 ☐

8. After consuming sugary drinks are you able to concentrate in class?

Yes ☐

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 No ☐

9. Given a choice between water or sugary drinks which would you choose?

Water ☐

Sugary drinks ☐

10. Which of the following effects of sugary drinks are you aware of?

Diabetes ☐

Obesity ☐

Heart Disease ☐

Kidney Disease ☐

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