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Does drinking soda affect your health?
For this study, researchers questioned ninth- and tenth-grade girls at a Boston-area high school. Do the data support the headline?
drank cola - fractures 38, no fractures 69. Did not drink cola- fractures 5, no fractures 52.
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Source: USA Today, Thursday June 15, 2000. Hint: What percentage of the teenage girls who drank cola also had fractures?
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