Thursday, September 17, 2009

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News


California lawmaker plans hearings on soda-obesity link (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:09 AM PDT

Reuters - The California lawmaker who spearheaded a high-profile anti-obesity effort across the country's most populous state is now training his sights on sugar-sweetened drinks.

Fight obesity? Add sales tax to soda tab (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:09 PM PDT

AP - In a bid to ramp up the public health battle against obesity, a group of nutrition and economics experts are pushing for a tax of 1 cent on every of ounce of sodas and other sweetened beverages.

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