Beverage Tax

The Storey Behind the Soda Tax

Derek Beres | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Caffeine, Beverage Tax, Nutrition, Health, Sugar, Soda, Healthy Living News
Derek Beres

The question I have for Dr Maureen Storey is a simple one: How do you look into a mirror and accept what faces you every day? Or do you just avoid sel...

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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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Food Companies Fight Soda Tax Proposal Despite Staggering Obesity Epidemic (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Taxes, Video, Weight of the Nation, Cdc, Beverage Tax, Soda, Americans Against Food Taxes, Food Policy, Soda Tax, Obesity, Unhealthy Food, Poll, Green News

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held the first ever conference on obesity titled "The Weight Of The Nation." Obesity i...

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