Posts Tagged ‘beverage’

Just  hours before implementation, a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled against a ban on large sugary drink in New York City. The decision by Justice Milton A. Tingling Jr. blocks the city from putting the rules into effect or enforcing them. The rules limited some food establishments from selling sugary drinks in portions larger […]

Be careful what you wish for. While critics of the sugary drink industry are hoping Americans will give up soda, new survey date from the NPD Group, which tracks what Americans eat and drink, shows that one group seems to already be making the switch: 18-24 year olds, who seem to prefer coffee over soda. […]

Restaurants and other establishments can help their sales by offering lower-calorie menu items because consumers are selecting fewer calorie dense foods and sugary drinks. A new analysis found that restaurants with more lower-calorie menu items had an average 5.5% growth in same-store sales compared with a 5.5% decrease among establishments selling fewer lower-calorie servings. What […]

As a debate rages about sugar sweetened beverages, consumer beverage tastes are changing in a seemingly healthier direction. Consumption of soda is down overall, with full sugar versions suffering the most. These trends may explain explain why the Coca-Cola Company wants a place at the table for health and obesity policy. Derek Thompson paints a […]

Our preference poll, between the Coke obesity advertising campaign and a parody it inspired, brought a much greater diversity of views to the surface than news media has. Media coverage largely focused on critics who saw the campaign as a lame effort to distract from the harm done by sugary drinks like Coke. But in our […]

Coke has gained lots of attention this week with a 2-minute ad claiming a place at the table for addressing health and obesity. The ad quickly spawned a parody dubbed “The Honest Coca-Cola Obesity Commercial.” If you’re reading our posts, you likely care about health and obesity, so these ads are aimed squarely at you. […]

Coca-Cola, parent company of Coke, Diet Coke, and a host of other beverages, released a two-minute ad yesterday, aimed at policy-makers, touting the positive changes it has made in reducing the average number of calories consumed by people drinking its offerings. Sugary beverages are often attacked as one of the leading causes of obesity in […]

SNAP (food stamps) promotes both hunger and obesity, says food writer and New York Times blogger, Mark Bittman. He expanded on ideas from an editorial written by David Ludwig, Susan Blumenthal, and Walter Willett in the Journal of the American Medical Association, arguing that the way that SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) is structured, it […]

10. Shifting Focus to Obesity and Health. The George Washington University brought experts and stakeholders together for a consensus building process that culminated in August with the issuance of a report calling for FDA to shift their focus in reviewing new treatments for obesity away from weight loss outcomes and toward outcomes more relevant to the medical […]

September 25, 2012 — Three studies examining the role of sugary beverages in obesity were reported in the September 21st New England Journal of Medicine. The association between sugar-sweetened beverages and body weight was examined in children in one study, in adolescents in another, and in a large adult population in the third study. Each […]