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American waistlines grow as soft drink serving sizes do. Read more about how soft drink consumption influences health
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Read the Healthy Beverage Guidelines
A group of nutrition experts from across the U.S. reviewed the evidence on beverages and health and ranked categories of beverages into six levels, based on calories delivered, contribution to intake of energy and essential nutrients, and evidence for positive and negative effects on health. The result is the following ranking: Level 1: Water, Level 2: Tea and Coffee, Level 3: Low-Fat and Skim Milk and Soy Beverages, Level 4: Noncalorically Sweetened Beverages, Level 5: Caloric Beverages with Some Nutrients, Level 6: Calorically Sweetened Beverages
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- Soda industry have disturbing campaign against soda tax
In a strange campaign, soda companies have come together to battle the soda tax, which is not even in place yet. A tax will probably reduce their revenues but will increase your health. - Obama open to ’sin tax’ on fizzy drinks to stem obesity September 2, 2009
- New York City Campaigns Against Coke and Other Sugary Drinks August 31, 2009
- How sugary drinks have become the target in the fight against obesity August 3, 2009
- Tax soft drinks to fight obesity, U.S. experts say September 16, 2009
