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Drinking Ourselves Fat (Video)

Dr. Thomas Farley | Posted 12.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Healthy Eating, Anti-Soda Ad Campaign, Soda, Public Health, Beverages, Overeating, Pouring on the Pounds, Sugar, New York News
Dr. Thomas Farley

Sugar-sweetened beverages are not the sole cause of the obesity crisis, just one of the most egregious. That's why the NYC Health Department is using disgusting images to get people's attention.

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Scare Tactics Highlight Risks of Liquid Candy (aka Soda)

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 12.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Gain From Soda, Overweight Child, Anti-Soda-Commercial, Weight Gain, Child Weight Gain, Anti-Soda Ad Campaign, Soda, Drinking Fat, Child Obesity, Living News
Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.

Did you know that a can of soda contains 10 teaspoons of sugar? No parent would give their child a glass of water with 10 teaspoons of sugar; yet that's what you're doing each time you open a can of pop.

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Speak Out Against Ill-Advised Coke-Doctors Partnership

Connie Bennett | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Conflict of Interest, Big Tobacco, Yoni Freedhoff, www.familydoctor.org, Lori Heim, Coke, Connie-Bennett, End the AAFP and Coca-Cola Collaboration, Aafp, Fructose, Big Soda, Weighty Matters, Sugar, Coca-Cola, Controversy, Health, Soda, Optimal Health Care, American Academy of Family Physicians, Doctors Resign, Living News
Connie Bennett

For a doctors' group to take a six-figure sum from Coke is like accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from Big Tobacco to create a physician-approved website claiming cigarettes are part of a healthy lifestyle.

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Diets High In Sodium And Artificially Sweetened Soda Linked To Kidney Function Decline

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Kidney Damage, Aspartame, Sodium, Artificial Sweetener, Diet-Soda, Health, Kidney, Soda, Kidney Function, Splenda, Wellness, Living News

Individuals who consume a diet high in sodium or artificially sweetened drinks are more likely to experience a decline in kidney function, according t...

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Don't Tax Soda, Tax Fat Soda Drinkers

Steven R. Gundry | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Health, American Obesity, Soda, Health Care Reform, Soda Tax, Obesity, Health Care, Beverage Industry, Sugar, Politics News
Steven R. Gundry

There are two ways to slow obesity: One, limit where and when simple carbohydrates can be used (it worked in World War II). Or two, tax the consequences of their overuse.

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How Much Money Would A Soda Tax Generate? Find Out

yaleruddcenter.org | Posted 10.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Soft-Drink-Tax, Soda Tax, Food Politics, Obesity, Soda, Green News

Taxes on sugared beverages can generate considerable revenue for states, cities, and the nation. This calculator produces expected revenue by allowing...

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Soda Is the New Right-Wing Issue--and Fatsos the New Base

Michael Wolff | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Michael Wolff, Soda, Soda Tax, Right Wing, Obesity, Health Care, Overweight, Politics News
Michael Wolff

The soda tax is being tried out as a potential wedge issue, a populist theme. Super groovy cool self-satisfied yuppie people don't drink soda. But gross fat compulsive lacking-all-self-control normal Americans do.

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My Metropolitan Diary

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 12.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Diapers, Metropolitan Diary, The Strand, Chess, Ginkgo-Biloba, Summer, Soda, Playground, New York Times, Trash, Union Square, Buses, Cheeseburgers, People Who Are Stupid, Tea Party, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

Dear Diary: Today I threw an empty soda bottle into a trashcan, and a rat jumped out at my face.

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The Pepsi Generation: Fat, Poorer and Diabetic

Joel Epstein | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Soda, Central Valley, Gavin Newsom, Personal Health, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pepsi, Coke, Politics, Health Care Reform, Sacramento, Obesity, San Francisco, Health Care, California, Living News
Joel Epstein

With the link between soda and obesity now conclusive, consider the damage being done to our children. There should be a fee on soda and other sweetened beverages.

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New York Health Department Rolls Out New Anti-Soda, Liquid Calories Ads (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Soft Drinks, Advertising, Soda Calories, Soda, Slidepoll, New York Subway, Are You Pouring on the Pounds, Liquid Calories, Obesity, New York Health, Subway Ads, New York Health Department, New York News

New York wants to know if you're "pouring on the pounds." On Monday, the Health Department rolled out their new ad campaign targeting liquid calori...

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

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

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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Food, Inc. Inspires Moms to Cut the Crap

Sarah Newman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, White House, Takepart.com, Congress, Childhood Nutrition, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Obesity, Cspi, Junk Food, Child Nutrition Reauthorization, Food Inc., Nutrition, Moms Rising, Soda, Desperate Housewives, Healthy School Lunch Brigade, School Lunches, Diabetes, Deidre Hall, Andrea Bowen, Childhood-Diabetes, Politics News
Sarah Newman

Parents have had enough. They know their kids need nutritious, fresh ingredients that encourage healthy growth and fuel their minds instead of foods that fuel an obesity epidemic amongst kids.

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Fizzy Math: Tax Soda to Pay for Health Care and Prevention

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Obesity Epidemic, Health, Nutrition, Soda, Healthcare Policy, Medicare, Medicaid, Obesity, Healthcare, Coca-Cola, Living News
Michael F. Jacobson

Americans are already taxed by soda. Out of every paycheck, and on every April 15, we're each paying to treat diseases promoted by the overconsumption of these uniquely worthless drinks.

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Quitting Soda Cold Turkey

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living

Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, Coca-Cola, Nutrition, Soda, New York Times, Cancer, Diet Coke, Nutrasweet, Living News
Jerusha Klemperer

This is my coming out party. I, um, drink soda. Specifically, Diet Coke. Sometimes I manage to quit, but then I always come a'crawlin' back.

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Life Cycle: Pop vs. Soda? Either Way It's Made with (GMO) Corn.

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Aspartame, Cans, Genetically-Modified Organisms, Popcorn, Weight Gain, Fake Sweeteners, Artificial, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Aluminum, Green Living, Memory Loss, Obesity, Dvds, Movies, Recycling, Leukemia, Health, Soda, Plastic, Sarah Smarsh, Blockbuster Night, Fibromyalgia, Ani DiFranco, Pop, Simran Sethi, Saccharin, All-American, Gmos, Green News
Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the environmental impacts of everyday things. Last week we talked about popcorn. Chemically flavored...

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Bottled Sugar Water Is Worse Than Bottled Water

EcoGeek | Hank Green | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Water, Bottled Sugar Water, Tap Water, Soda, Waste, Plastic, Green Living, Reducing Waste, Bottled Water, Green News

I'm not sure why we need two dozen campaigns to fight against buying what already comes out of our faucets for free, but I have this nagging feeling t...

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Eating Well is a Revolutionary Act

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Childhood Obesity, Slow Food, Food, Poverty, Obesity, Diet, Health, Fast Food, Soda, War on Drugs, Fast Food Industry, Politics News
Dr. Jonny Bowden

To really get "serious" in the war on obesity is a revolutionary act. The bad actors are the very folks who hold the GDP in their hot little corporate hands.

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Coca-Cola Profit Rises As Sales Jump

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Coke, Coca-Cola, Coke Profits, Cola, Soda Sales, Soda, Business News

ATLANTA — The Coca-Cola Co. reported Wednesday a 79 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit and maintained its growth targets despite a slowing U....

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Coke Muscles In On Arabian Pepsi Territory

Los Angeles Times | Raed Rafei | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Soda, Coke Versus Pepsi, Cola Wars, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Middle East, Coke, Business News

Prompted by a recent surge of prosperity in the Middle East, the giant American beverage companies have engaged in a fierce race to win the soft-drink...

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Coca-Cola CEO Isdell To Step Down

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Neville Isdell, Soda, Soft Drinks, Coca-Cola, Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola CEO, Coke, Business News

Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday that Neville Isdell will step down as chief executive of the world's biggest soft drink maker on July 1, and will be succe...

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