American Beverage Association

Congressional Letter-Writing Campaign Helps Torpedo Voluntary Food Marketing Guidelines for Kids

The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Food Marketing, Cdc, American Beverage Association, Lobbying, Pepsico, Food Marketing to Children, Ftc, Junk Food Marketing, Fda, Amy Klobuchar, Coca Cola, Federal Trade Commission, Politics News
The Sunlight Foundation

While the proposed voluntary principles set for food marketers are ambitious and would take time to put into place, the public health stakes could not be higher.

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WATCH: Soft-Drink Companies Target Black And Hispanic Youth, Study Finds

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Susan K. Neely, Soft Drinks, Coca-Cola, Michelle Obama, Video, American Beverage Association, Let's Move, Black Youth, Michelle Obama Let's Move, Hispanic-Youth, Obesity, Teenagers, Childhood Obesity, Black Voices News

A new report from Yale University found that beverage companies are targeting children, particularly black and Hispanic youths, in their sales campaig...

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Soda Makers Fight Back Against Public Obesity Campaigns

Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Soda Makers, Coca-Cola, Soda Companies, Soda, Public Health, American Beverage Association, Obesity, Anti-Obesity, Pepsico, Food News

U.S. public awareness campaigns about sugary soft drinks are under legal attack by beverage makers, which have sued New York City's health depart...

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Soda, Surplus, and Food Stamps: A Short History

Daniel Bowman Simon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Food Stamps, Surplus, Rhubarb, President Lyndon Johnson, New York City, Sugar, New York City Coalition Against Hunger, Soft Drinks, American Beverage Association, Avacodos, Soda, Vegetables, Community Food Security Coalition, World War II, Pop, New York Times, Washington Post, Food News
Daniel Bowman Simon

Lately there has been a lot of hoopla in the Big Apple about the federal food stamp program, now officially known by the snappy acronym SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). Everybody, it seems, has an opinion.

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Drinking Sugar

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Stamps, Tom Vilsack, David Paterson, Michael Bloomberg, Soda, American Beverage Association, Shirley Sherrod, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Darren Dopp, Eliot Spitzer, New York News
Henry J. Stern

Why should we taxpayers subsidize obesity and the medical costs that caring for diabetes would require? Why should kids be brought up on sugar water?

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The Soda Tax Wars

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Coca-Cola, David Paterson, Soda, Big-Soda, American Beverage Association, Health Care Reform, Soda Tax, George Voinovich, Paterson Soda Tax, Medicaid, Obesity, Pepsi, Carbonated-Beverages, Childhood Obesity, Food News
Peter Dreier

Armies of deep-pocketed lobbyists are marshaling astroturf front groups to give Coca-Cola and Pepsi's opposition to soda taxes a respectable air.

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PepsiCo CEO: Saint or Sinner When It Comes to Our Health?

Pooja R. Mottl | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Living, Mindfully21.com, Mindfully21, American Beverage Association, Soda Tax, Indra Nooyi, Carbon Footprint, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Food Politics, Anti-Soda Ad Campaign, Pooja Mottl, Pepsico, Obesity Health, Childhood Obesity, Michelle Obama Obesity, Health Care Reform, Health Tips, Child Obesity, Pepsico Sugar, Stevia, Video, Healthy Living News
Pooja R. Mottl

A decade ago, getting food behemoths to even think about supporting healthier fare was a very tough task. Yet today we're seeing a new wave both in government and business toward "healthy living policies."

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Study: Small Soda Taxes Don't Dent Obesity

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Soda Taxes, Health, American Beverage Association, Soda Tax, Diet, Obesity, Children's Health, Child Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Healthy Living News

ATLANTA — Small taxes on soda do little to reduce soft drink consumption or prevent childhood obesity, but larger levies probably would, accordi...

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The New Policy Battlefield: All Eyes On Coca-Cola And Social Media PR

Martin Luz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sweet Surprise, Sugar-Tax, Glover Park Group, Corn-Refiners-Association, Social Media Pr, Lobbying, Americans Against Food Taxes, American Beverage Association, Sucrose, Sweeteners, Coke, Obesity, Fructose, Social Media Marketing, Sugar, The Coca Cola Company, Social Media, Coca-Cola, Robert Lustig, Metabolic Syndrome, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Glucose, Alan Aragon, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Business News
Martin Luz

If you want to see how future national policy wars will be fought, keep your eye on Coca-Cola and the American Beverage Association. Over the next few years sugar will become the new tobacco.

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Food Lobby Mobilizes, As Soda Tax Bubbles Up

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Funds, Fast Food, Congress, Nhma, Snapple, Senate Finance Committee, Lobbyists, Agriculture, American Beverage Association, Soda Tax, Food Loby, Funding, Hispanics, National Corn Growers Association, Health Insurance, Policy, National Hispanic Medical Associaiton, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Coca-Cola, Soft Drinks, Chuck Grassley, Dr. Pepper, Food Politics, Health Care, Beverage Tax, Aba, Lobbying, Corn, Americans Against Food Taxes, Supermarkets, Coke, Alex Padilla, Pepsi, Corn Syrup, Nutrition, Grocery Stores, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Green News

By Christine Spolar, Huffington Post Investigative Fund and Joseph Eaton, Staff Writer, Center for Public Integrity Washington lobbyists have been en...

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Solutions, Not Soundbites

Susan K. Neely | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: American Beverage Association, Soda Tax, Soft Drinks, Soft Drink Tax, Healthy Living News
Susan K. Neely

A soft drink tax won't reduce childhood obesity and distracts from meaningful solutions. There are better initiatives to tackle obesity, such as teaching our children how to consume a balanced diet.

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