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World Health Organization Backs Soda Tax to Fight Obesity & Diabetes

World Health Organization Backs Soda Tax to Fight Obesity & Diabetes

You have to pay a tax on alcohol.You have to pay a hefty tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products.And, if you're one of the few people left who doesn't understand the dangers of tanning beds (hello, wrinkles and skin cancer!


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Soda Companies Sponsor Nearly 100 Health Groups, Impeding Obesity Fight

Soda Companies Sponsor Nearly 100 Health Groups, Impeding Obesity Fight

Soda is a major factor in the expanding American waistline, most experts say.Half of all Americans drink sugary beverages each day, and a fifth of the weight Americans gained from 1977 to 2007 was attributable to soda, according to some estimates.But it appears that the two major soda companies have been sponsoring a wide array of health groups which may have strengthened their brands, even as evidence mounts about soda's unhealthy effects, contends a new Boston University study.


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Are Health Groups Helping to Fuel the Obesity Epidemic?

Are Health Groups Helping to Fuel the Obesity Epidemic?

Some of the nation's leading health organizations, even those specifically dedicated to combating the obesity epidemic, have been found to accept "sweet deals" from Big Soda, according to a report in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.From 2011 to 2015, the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo sponsored programs at 96 national health organizations and lobbied against 29 public health bills proposed to reduce soda consumption or promote better nutrition, wrote Daniel Aaron, a medical student at Boston University, and Michael Siegel, MD, professor of community health sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health.Among the organizations accepting such sponsorships: the CDC, the American Diabetes Association, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.