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Professor who headed Coke-funded obesity group steps down
2016-03-24 19:32:18| Beverages - Topix.net
In this Aug. 17, 2010, file photo, James Hill, who will head up a a new Health and Wellness Center that will be built at the Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, ponders a question during an interview at his office in Denver. Hill, a University of Colorado professor who came under fire for heading an obesity-fighting group funded by Coca-Cola, announced his resignation Thursday, March 24, 2016, from his executive director position at the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center.
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Sugary drink tax 'ineffective' in obesity fight: Big sugar
2016-03-22 23:20:44| Beverages - Topix.net
Australian soft drink makers say a tax on sugary beverages will do little to combat obesity, while global giants including Coca-Cola are reportedly planning to sue the British government over such a proposal. Britain's Conservative government is planning to introduce a levy on soft drinks from 2018, and other nations including Australia are being urged to follow suit .
Exposure to air pollution increases risk of obesity
2016-02-19 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Laboratory rats who breathed Beijing's highly polluted air gained weight and experienced cardio-respiratory and metabolic dysfunctions after three to eight weeks of exposure. A study appearing in the March issue of the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) placed pregnant rats and their offspring in two chambers, one exposed to outdoor Beijing air and the other containing an air filter that removed most of the air pollution particles. After only 19 days,...
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Call for sugar tax to fight growing obesity
2016-01-28 09:13:42| Sugar Industry News
SOFT-DRINKS adverts brandishing schools names could become a thing of the past if the government heeds a call by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on sugary drinks and junk food.
Obesity threatens sugary drinks industry
2016-01-20 04:31:52| Beverages - Topix.net
Soft drink companies see the obesity debate as the biggest threat to their products, according to leading nutrition commentator Professor Marion Nestle. Professor Nestle from New York University was holidaying in New Zealand recently and was invited to talk on her latest book, 'Soda Politics' at the University of Auckland's School of Population Health in Tamaki.
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