Comment - Obama and Obesity
The tax on sweetened soft drinks being proposed by New York State Governor David Paterson has brought an angry response from the soft drinks industry. Annette Farr also questions the move by Governor Paterson but believes the change of guard at the White House could provide new impetus in the fight against obesity in the country.
The View from A Farr – A new regime to fight obesity?
20 January 2009
The tax on sweetened soft drinks being proposed by New York State Governor David Paterson has brought an angry response from the soft drinks industry. Annette Farr also questions the move by Governor Paterson but believes the change of guard at the White House could provide new impetus in the fight against obesity in the country.
View from A Farr – Soft drinks and obesity: Industrial action
21 October 2008
Childhood obesity is already a chronic problem and is forecast to escalate further during the next few decades. Soft drinks are frequently cited as one of the dietary villains behind this worrying trend, but Annette Farr believes voluntary measures taken by drinks companies on both sides of the Atlantic demonstrate the industry’s commitment to tackling the problem.
UK: Soft drinks companies team up over UK obesity
24 July 2008
Three soft drinks companies are among a raft of companies who have teamed up with the UK government to look at combating obesity in the country.
US: Report linking CSDs with obesity slammed
11 August 2006
A report in the US linking soft drinks with obesity has been criticised for missing “the commonsense point.”
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