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Information on soda pop and its health effect. ... Tooth decay is one detrimental health effect of soda pop which even the soft drink industry admits to. In a carefully worded statement, the National Soft Drink Association claims that "there is no scientific evidence that consumption of sugars in soft drinks per se has...
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As soda pop becomes the beverage of choice among the nation's young -- and as soda marketers focus on brand-building among younger and younger consumers -- public health officials, school boards, parents, consumer groups and even the soft drink industry are faced with nagging questions: How healthful are these...
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Liquid Candy: How Soft Drinks are Harming Americans' Health -- CSPI Report ... Soft Drinks Undermining Americans' Health: Teens Consuming Twice as Much 'Liquid Candy' as Milk -- Press Release October 21, 1998...
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Tax Soft Drinks! To Promote Health and Raise Revenues ... Americans consume huge quantities of soft drinks, which promote obesity and other health problems. Obesity alone costs $95 billion a year in medical expenditures, ... Press Release 6/09: Soda Taxes Can Help Fund Health Coverage and Prevention Programs, Say Experts...
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Sarah Boseley, health editor; Wednesday August 25, 2004 ... The study published today "should help convince the US government that further changes in health policy are needed", says Dr Apovian of the Boston Medical Centre and Boston University School of Medicine in Massachusetts.
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Peter Nielsen's Home page on the World Wide Web. ... If you drink up to 3 soda pops a day you should know the health risks. ... Like millions of other Americans, you can be drowning in liquid candy! Pop is big business! In 1997 Americans spent 54-billion dollars on carbonated beverages. But here are some sobering statistics!
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Is soda pop being demonized in the fight against obesity? ... These states are focusing on junk food because of convincing data that obesity is becoming the country's biggest health crisis.
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"Middle school children can form a daily soda pop ritual when it is so readily available. That sets the stage for a lifetime habit that totally contradicts good oral health habits," Doolin said.
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"With all due respect, you guys are contributing to increased costs in health care for the rest of us," he said. Meanwhile, the people who sell soda drinks are pushing back with new television commercials.
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Soda pop is not good for you. Of course, you have probably suspected this, but perhaps you don't know the extent to which drinking carbonated, caffeinated, sugared, or artificially sweetened beverages destroys your body. ... Calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus must be maintained in the proper balance for bone health.
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