Abstract
To the Editor: The hypothesis that salt intake is a driver of soft drink consumption1 is an interesting one, but unfortunately this study takes us no further than speculation. Having experience in epidemiological analysis of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, I beg to differ with the calculations in this article and also the authors’ interpretations. Specifically, I suggest the following: (1) the energy from soft drinks in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey is half what these authors estimate; (2) their study does not “demonstrate that salt is a major determinant of fluid and sugar-sweetened soft drink consumption during childhood” (only ≈2% of the …
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