Tag: soft drinks
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Sipping on sugary drinks ruins teeth, perhaps more from the acid in them; it’s almost as corrosive as battery acid, VA dentist says
Many of us constantly sip on a soft drink, especially in Kentucky, but the habit could be ruining our teeth. Most soft drinks have sugar, acid or both and repeated...
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Medicaid expansion would have ‘a big health impact,’ and critical-access hospitals need to change, rural-health expert says
Expansion of the Medicaid program under federal health-care reform would have a major beneficial impact on the health of Kentucky, a doctor who ran the state and national rural-health agencies...
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Many Ky. parents don’t realize children are overweight, or won’t acknowledge it, but many report kids’ poor health behavior
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Many Kentucky parents don’t realize that their children are obese or overweight, or at least aren’t willing to acknowledge it. That is the obvious...
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NYC deeply split on Bloomberg plan to ban supersize sodas
Bloomberg with Linda I. Gibbs, deputy mayor for health.(New York Times photo by Chang W. Lee) In a bold move to curb obesity, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to ban the...
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Penny-per-ounce tax on sugar drinks could save $17 billion, cut consumption and prevent disease and death, academics say
More than $17 billion in medical costs over 10 years could be saved if sugared drinks were taxed at 1 cent per ounce, and it would prevent 95,000 cases of...
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Most beverage companies targeting kids, teens even more to sell sugary drinks, despite pledges; Pepsi an exception
A study analyzing the marketing practices for 600 products made by 14 companies found there is more advertising of sugary drinks to children, despite industry pledges to the contrary. Child...
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Teens who drink sugary beverages add 300 calories a day to their diet, national survey finds
American teens who drink pop, energy drinks like Red Bull and other sugar-based beverages like Gatorade are consuming an average of 327 calories a day, the equivalent of two and...
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Drink bottles, cans must now show calorie content on front
In an effort to educate people about how many calories they’re sucking back, the front labels of packaged beverages in bottles or cans of 20 ounces or less must now...