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American Beverage Association

Soda Ban Court Battle

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 04.22.2013 | New York
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NEW YORK — It's up to a judge whether a first-of-its-kind size limit on sodas and other sugary drinks will take effect in three weeks. Beverage...

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NAACP Opposes NYC Soda Ban

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 03.25.2013 | New York
Read More: Soda Ban, Video, New York Soda Ban Lawsuit, New York Soda Ban, Minority Owned Businesses, Michael Bloomberg, Nyc Soda Ban, Thomas Farley, New York City Soda Ban, American Beverage Association, Bloomberg Soda Ban, The National Association of Local Boards of Health, New York City Board of Health, Hispanic Federation, Naacp, New York News

NEW YORK — The city defended its groundbreaking size limit on sugary drinks Wednesday as an imperfect but meaningful rein on obesity, while crit...

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Soda Industry Files Lawsuit Against Sugary Drinks Crackdown

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.14.2012 | New York
Read More: Bloomberg, Soda Ban, Nyc Soda Ban Lawsuit, Nyc Board of Health, Nyc Soda Ban, Bloomberg Soda Ban, American Beverage Association, Sugary Drinks, National Restaurant Association, Soda Ban Sued, Soda Ban Lawsuit, New York News

NEW YORK -- Soda makers, restaurateurs and other businesses sued Friday to try to block the city's unprecedented move to restrict sales of super-sized...

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Center for Food Safety Comments at New York City Soda Limits Hearing

Michele Simon | Posted 10.07.2012 | Home
Read More: Mayor Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Food Politics, Soda, New York City, American Beverage Association, New Yorkers for Beverage Choices, Nyc Soda Ban, Home News
Michele Simon

The soda industry, because it does not have science (or even common sense) on its side, is resorting to methods of distraction.

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LISTEN: The 'Authentic' New Yorkers Who Hate Bloomberg's Soda Ban

Posted 07.02.2012 | New York
Read More: New Yorkers for Beverage Choice, Soda Ban, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Nanny State, New York Soda Ban, Ny News, American Beverage Association, Bloomberg Soda Ban, New York News, New York City Board of Health, Video, New York News

Lobbyists from large soda companies, including Coca-Cola, have launched an aggressive campaign to fight Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed bigger-than...

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

The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 07.02.2012 | Politics
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 | Black Voices
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 | Home
Read More: Soda Makers, Coca-Cola, Soda Companies, Soda, Public Health, American Beverage Association, Obesity, Anti-Obesity, Pepsico, Home 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 | Home
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, Home 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 | New York
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 | Home
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, Home 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 | Healthy Living
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 | Healthy Living
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 | Business
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 | Green
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 | Healthy Living
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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