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Sugar Sweetened Beverages

Why I Won't Listen to Beyonce

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore | Posted 03.23.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Michelle Obama, Inauguration 2013, Obama Inauguration, Sugar Sweetened Beverages, Beyonce, Obesity, Pepsi, Super Bowl, Sugar, Childhood Obesity, Soft Drinks, Inauguration, Soda, Beyonce Inauguration, Let's Move, Ssb, Pepsico, Black Voices News
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore

You would have to be living in a bubble to have missed the news that Beyonce cut a reported $50 million deal with PepsiCo. Although the deal may meet Beyonce's and Pepsi's mutually-beneficial marketing needs, it does not serve the best interests of the U.S. public.

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Could Texas Ban Soda In Schools?

Posted 02.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Carol Alvarado, Texas State Senate, Sugary Drinks in School, School Soda Bans, Soda Ban, Soda, Sugar Sweetened Beverages, Ssb, Sugary Drinks Ban, Sugary Drinks, High School Soda, Sweetened Beverages, Texas Schools, School Soda Ban, Healthy Living News

State Rep. Carol Alvarado is once again pushing to ban soda in Texas public schools. The Houston Democrat is also seeking to ban sports drinks and oth...

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The Soda Games

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore | Posted 10.28.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Michael Bloomberg, Soda, Sugar Sweetened Beverages, Soda Tax, Sugar, Soda Ban, Personal Health, Obesity Marketing, New York Soda Ban, Childhood Obesity, Soda Ban Childhood Obesity, Soda Marketing, Obesity, Soda Ban Obesity, Healthy Living News
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore

Ironically, much of the commercial advertising during the Olympics featured leading contributors to the obesity epidemic: unhealthy food and sugary beverages.

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American Cancer Society Requests Research on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

Mache Seibel, MD | Posted 09.05.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Obesity, Cancer Prevention, Sodas, Soda Ban, Soda Obesity, Soda Ban Cancer, Soda Cancer, Soda Childhood Obesity, Health News, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Cancer, Video, Healthy Living News
Mache Seibel, MD

The American Cancer Society (ACS) believes that the health risks of drinking soda should be viewed by U.S. health officials in the same way that they viewed the health risks of using tobacco in the 1960s.

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Ditching Soda? Try These Tasty, Healthier Alternatives

Posted 06.11.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Low Sugar Drinks, Sugary Drink Alternatives, Delicious Soda Alternatives, Sugar Sweetened Beverages, Diet Soda Alternatives, Easy Soda Alternatives, Sugary Drinks, Low Sugar Soda Alternatives, Slideexpand, Soda Alternatives, Healthy Living News

Yale University's The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity released a study last week, revealing that we already know how bad sugar sweetened bever...

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The American Relationship With Sugary Drinks: It's Complicated

Posted 06.07.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sugar Sweetened Beverages, Sugary Drinks, Soda, Liquid Sugar, Healthy Living News

Contrary to their image as the defiant, Big Gulp-gripping masses, a majority of Americans understand that sugary drinks such as soda, fruit drinks, co...

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We Need a Stronger Message in the Fight Against Obesity

Robert Doar | Posted 07.18.2012 | New York
Read More: Healthy Eating, Sugar-Sweetened-Beverages, Type 2 Diabetes, Food Stamps, Diabetes, Sugary Drinks, Obesity, Adult Onset Diabetes, Childhood Obesity, New York News
Robert Doar

Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. It is time for the federal government to take a second look at this issue.

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CDC Report: Kids Are Consuming Too Much Added Sugar, Mostly From Food

Posted 03.01.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Diet and Nutrition, Sugar-Sweetened-Beverages, Added Sugar, Children's Health, CDC Report, Healthy Living News

The good news? Children have cut down on the amount of added sugar they eat, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre...

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