Many people enjoy soft drinks with dinner or at a movie or sporting event. However, it's important to know what's in these beverages and how those ingredients can affect your body. Readers find out the facts about soft drinks in this informative guide to the science of soda. Through detailed main text, full-color photographs, graphic organizers, and sidebars, readers are introduced to essential health and nutrition concepts. In addition, they are encouraged to answer critical-thinking questions that empower them to make their own choices about what they put in their body.