What Kids Drink Is Important, Too  What Kids Drink Is Important,
Too  If your children fill up on high-calorie fruit drinks and
soft drinks, they may skip food containing essential
nutrients—and pack on extra pounds. That's what one recent study
concluded about kids who drink a lot of juice and turn out
shorter or heavier than average.  Over the past three decades,
children started drinking more carbonated soft drinks and
noncitrus food drinks, and less water and milk. Here are some
disturbing facts about soft drinks:    • Soft drinks don't
satisfy the appetite, so preteens and teens tend to eat a normal
amount of food, in addition to the calories they take in through
soda.   What should be the drink of champions among kids? Water
or milk. To add more pizzazz to plain water, buy low-calorie
flavored water or make your own with lemon or lime. Steer your
kids toward skim or 1% milk. Preschoolers need three cups of
milk every day. In addition to calcium, fortified milk is a
great source of protein, and vitamins