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> I am ignorant in this topic, but why do americans seem to drink soda( pop as they call in cinema) excessively ? I live in India and flavoured soda is consider

> I am ignorant in this topic, but why do americans seem to drink soda( pop as they call in cinema) excessively ? I live in India and flavoured soda is considered luxury item here. You answered your own question - because America is wealthy and Soda is cheap. I'm in New Zealand and soda was definitely a luxury growing up. But here it cost 14.57 USD for an 18 pack, while for a 24 pack in the states it's 10.22 USD. So almost half the price.

ne0flex 5y ago
There's the fact that soda is packed with sugar and people getting addicted to the dopamine hits. [1][2] [1]https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/blog/addicted-to-soda https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/blog/addicted-to-soda [1]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6488513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6488513/ In the case of diet soda, I assume that since most people already start drinking regular soda, there's a placebo effect.