Introduction Balanced diets and healthy feeding habits are crucial for the children and the adolescents. This is one of the factors that contribute to proper growth and development. These aspects can also be tracked into their adulthood and are the reason that some of the adults in the current time developed chronic diseases and long-term conditions. Majority of the reports that have been released in America with regard to the recent dietary habits, show that the American children and adolescents have very poor feeding habits that do not meet the dietary goals of the country. The current trends indicate that the children and the adolescents are eating a lot more foods away from home and majority of these foods include soft drinks and snacks. It has also been established that children and adolescents are obtaining more than 50% of their calories from the fatty foods and sugars that have been added to the drinks (Bernhardt, Wilking, Adachi-Mejia, Bergamini, Marijnissen& Sargent, 2013).