One Nasty Nationwide Coke Habit
For decades, Americans' weight and waistlines have grown in trends that have run parallel to their consumption of soda. But increasing attention to health and wellness, including rates of childhood obesity and early-onset diabetes, have forced a second look at soda.
In segments from Tuesday and Wednesday, NPR's Jeff Brady looks at efforts to tax soda. And Michele Norris gets two different views of the health effects of soda: from Gail Woodward-Lopez of the Center for Weight and Health; and from Maureen Storey, senior vice president for science policy at the American Beverage Association... Then Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses goals for nutrition standards in schools, about the choices he hopes young people and their families will learn to make, and about his own soda habits... Plus community health activist Nura Green of the Aban Institute speaks about the challenges children and families face in urban environments, where there are few healthy choices.
Jill Castle is a Licensed and Registered Dietitian from Nashville TN specializing in Pediatric Nutrition. Her site called
Just The Right Byte took a critical look at children as carbonated soda consumers.
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