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Now Pouring: Soda Pledges, Politics & Public Health

October 2, 2014 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Nov. 7, 2014 Election Outcome: Historic passage and precedent of Berkeley vote on soda tax; synopsis article via SF Gate on why Berkeley passed a soda tax and SF didn't. Oct. 8, 2014 Update: NYTimes' Mark Bittman and Mother Jones both weigh in on the politics of the soda tax, which has vaulted to $9.1 million "Big Soda" (ABA) spending combined to try to crush the measure in SF … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nutrition & Wellness Tagged With: ABA, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Big soda, Bridging the Gap RWJF, Casey Hinds, CDD, childhood obesity, Coke, CokeSpeak, critical thinking and media, denialism in public health, dronevertising, energy-drinks, health literacy, healthy fundraisers, low and no calorie drinks, Nancy Huehnergarth, NLP, public health policy soda, reduce marketing of sugary beverages, RTD teas, school sit ups sponsored by soda and snacks, SLEAZE tactics, smart snacking, soda decline, Soda giants, soda industry pledge, soda minority youth, sugary sodas, taxing soda, transforming the beverage landscape, What they say vs what they do, Yale Rudd Center

School Sit-ups Sponsored by Soda-n-snacks?

September 21, 2006 by Amy Jussel 24 Comments

Update 2015: When in doubt...buy 'em out. sigh. More Coke and soda obfuscation and payola with registered dieticians, pay for play research, junk science via medical sock puppets and obesity blame game shifting to position Coke as an 'energy balance' alternative. (facepalm) Unspeakable public health policy with targeting kids of color Just really appalling marketing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Marketing Shaping Youth, Nutrition & Wellness Tagged With: Coke branding, Coke energy balance network, coke marketing machinations, coke science, coke targets vulnerable youth, CokeSpeak, junk science, Mexico's soda surcharge, pepsi and Let's Move, school situps sponsored by Coke, taxing soda