Tag: SSB
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NYC Board of Health to Consider Proposed Limit on Soft Drink Sizes
The New York City Board of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has called a July 24, 2012, public hearing to gather feedback on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s recommendation to limit the size of sugar-sweetened beverages sold at local food service establishments. The 11 member board reportedly voted unanimously at a June 12, 2012, meeting to publish…
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NYC Proposes Limit on Sugary Beverage Sizes
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s (I) Task Force on Obesity recently garnered national attention by proposing to limit the size of sugar-sweetened beverages sold at local food service establishments. In a May 31, 2012, report outlining several public health initiatives, the Task Force claims that “[s]ugary drink portion sizes have exploded over recent years”…
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New Study Claims Sugary Drink Intake Linked to Retinal Vascular Changes in Kids
A recent study has allegedly linked sugary drink consumption to narrowed retinal blood vessels in children as young as age 12, raising concerns about the youths’ long-term cardiovascular health. Bamini Gopinath, et al., “Carbohydrate nutrition is associated with changes in the retinal vascular structure and branching pattern in children,” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May…
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Study Says Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Increase Heart Disease Risk in Men
A study based on 42,883 men enrolled in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study has allegedly determined that those who drank one 12 ounce sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) per day increased their coronary heart disease (CHD) risk by 20 percent over those who did not drink any SSBs. Lawrence de Koning, et al., “Sweetened Beverage Consumption, Incident Coronary…
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Researchers Allege “Modest Positive Association” Between Soda Consumption and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
A recent pooled analysis from 14 prospective cohort studies has reportedly confirmed “a suggestive, modest positive association” between sugar-sweetened carbonated beverage (SSB) consumption and increased pancreatic cancer risk. Jeanine Genkinger, et al., “Coffee, Tea and Sugar-Sweetened Carbonated Soft Drink Intake and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Pooled Analysis of 14 Cohort Studies,” Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers &…
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CSPI to Present “Sugary Drinks Summit” in June 2012
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has announced“a national advocacy conference to motivate and strengthen national, state, and local initiatives, both public and private, to reduce sugary-drink consumption in the United States.” Scheduled for June 7-8, 2012, in Washington, D.C., the meeting is apparently designed for “researchers, government officials, state and local…
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Study Advocates Penny-Per-Ounce Soft Drink Tax
A recent study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and American Heart Association claims that a penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages would reduce consumption by 15 percent among adults ages 25 to 64 years. Y. Claire Wang, et al., “A Penny-Per Ounce Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Would Cut Health and Cost Burdens of Diabetes,”…
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New Soft Drink Tax Takes Effect in France
The Constitutional Council of France recently approved a tax on sweetened soft drinks to combat the healthcare-related costs of obesity. Effective January 1, 2012, the tax adds 1 euro cent per can and is expected to generate €120 million ($156 million) in state revenue to fund lower Social Security contributions by farm workers. “Obesity is…