Fizzy drinks fuelling our obesity epidemic, warns food authority

WE guzzle about 120 litres of fizzy drinks a year, compared to just 21 litres of water, research has revealed.

In 2002, 476 million litres of fizzy or carbonated drinks were consumed in Ireland equivalent to every man, woman and child in the country drinking 120 litres, the figures from independent market analyst Datamonitor show.

By comparison, each person drank the equivalent of 21 litres of bottled water per year, or a total of 83m litres, and 19 litres of juice (or a total of 77m litres).