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Michelle Obama: Marketing Can Make America Healthier

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I don't think I ever could have imagined that, as first lady, I would appear in an episode of Billy on the Street to promote fruits and vegetables and would [...]


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Coca-Cola Ad Defends Aspartame

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Coca-Cola is continuing to fight back against health critics, this time by defending sugar alternatives like aspartame.

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NYC Soda Ban Goes Down the Drain (Again)

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Drink up, New Yorkers. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on sugary drinks of 16 ounces and up is still dead. The New York State Supreme Court's Appellate division Monday upheld a [...]

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Shaq Fouls Out With Nutrition Group

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Shaquille O'Neal, the former basketball star who once told CNN he tries to "stay away from the sodas" to avoid diabetes, is now pitching a soda line carrying his name.

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Food and Beverage Companies Slim Down Products to Fight Obesity

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The nation's top food and beverage companies reminded the government today that they are part of the solution—and not the cause—of American's obesity problem.

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Coca-Cola Makes Global Pledge to Not Target Kids Under 12

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It hasn't been a great year for soda makers. Accused of being one of the major causes of obesity, food nutritionists have all but declared war via campaigns that mocked [...]