For sheer shark-jumping, fridge-nuking outrageousness, you just can’t
beat the American Beverage Association. In a must-read/listen
NPR report, the ABA’s senior vice president for science policy,
Maureen Storey, made the claim that soda should play a crucial role in
children’s hydration needs:

…Children who have been exercising may not drink enough water to
get
back to the hydration point that they need to be at. So with a little
bit of flavoring and a little bit of sweetness, they will drink enough
then to get back to where they need to be.

Are you kidding? Kids don’t drink enough water, so they should drink
soda to make sure they don’t get dehydrated?