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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:200-201.

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We wish to comment on the article by Wyshak,¹ about the potential of carbonated beverage consumption to increase the risk of bone fractures.

To our knowledge, Massey and Strang² were the first to anticipate that cola soft drink consumption could be related to osteoporosis, a prediction that they based on the high phosphorus content of these beverages. A Greek research group published data supporting the hypothesis that there is an association between carbonated beverage intake and increased risk for bone fractures.³

Our research group became interested in the potential of carbonated beverages to cause disorders of calcium and phosphorus metabolism when we realized that some children seen in the emergency department with hypocalcemic tetany or seizures had previous exposure to cola beverages. Later, the association of hypocalcemia and cola soft drink consumption was corroborated in different human populations⁴ and in an experimental model.⁵ Recently we were able to induce a . . . [Full Text of this Article]