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"Of course, the soft drink industry would and so would practically everyone under the influence of the soft drink industry, which includes the USDA and many legislators and regulators in the federal government. So this won't be an easy task. Allow health injury lawsuits One more thing we should do is allow citizens who are harmed by unhealthful food and beverage products to sue for damages. In other words, if a person has lung cancer from a lifetime of smoking cigarettes, it only makes sense that they should be able to sue the tobacco companies for such damages." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.)

"Meanwhile, as author Greg Critser observes in his book, Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World, "such promotional campaigns can be highly effective" because of the fact that "the soft drink industry spends upward of $600 million annually to promote its trash (compared with the National Cancer Institute's paltry $1 million budget for promoting fruit and vegetable consumption)." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"As a PR maneuver, the proclamation paid off well, precipitating an immediate rash of newspaper accounts with headlines such as "Soft Drink Industry Takes High Road,"13 "Schools Get Ally in Soda Issue: Drink Makers,"14 and "U.S. Beverage Industry Praised for Helping in Childhood Obesity Battle."15 Many months later the decree continued to circulate in the press, where it was referred to as a fait accompli, even though it remained little more than words on paper. A policy with lots of (PR) chops but no teeth In fact, the ABA's school-based beverage policy never actually took hold." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "One of our task force members filed an ethics complaint against the president of the state senate because he accepted money from the soft drink industry. We found that a whole lot of legislators accept money from them, it doesn't matter which party or which chamber you're in," she said. Showdown in Connecticut: Governor's Coke Connections In June 2005, Connecticut governor Jodi Rell vetoed what would have been the nation's strongest school-based nutrition law. With one stroke of the pen, she put to rest an extremely contentious battle to rid Connecticut schools of soda and junk food." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "Maureen Storey, PhD, director of CFNP and lead author of the study (and a frequent mouthpiece for the soft drink industry) countered the widely accepted scientific viewpoint that teens are drinking too much soda: "Many people have the mistaken impression that adolescent girls are drinking inordinate amounts of soft drinks," Storey said. "However, it is wrong to suggest that girls are consuming gallons of soda pop when the amount they are drinking, about one can a day, is not excessive if they are physically active."6 First of all, these statistics are deceptive." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.)

"In it the WHO tells the food and soft drink industry to reduce sugar to 10% of caloric intake from 25%, and remove vending machines from schools. As reported in The Medical Post May 13,2003, the Sugar Association's president Andrew Briscoe wrote to the WHO Director-General that he would see to it that the US would stop its financial contribution to the WHO if the report were not withdrawn. The WHO made the threat public and stood firm. Are intimations of a Golden Age of Medicine coming into focus, promising that medicine will serve humanity once again instead of Big Business?" - Helke Ferrie, Dispatches From the War Zone of Environmental Health (Get the book.)

"The soft drink industry loses much credibility when saying that soft drinks do not contribute to obesity and should be part of a balanced diet. Soft drink consumption must decrease, particularly in children, and schools jump out as a logical place to begin the process. What's in the Machines? One of us (KB) testified before the U.S. Senate in 2002 urging the Senate to consider legislation prohibiting the sale of soft drinks and fast foods in schools. Subsequent testimony came from a spokesperson from the Grocery Manufacturers of America (the world's largest food lobbying group)." - Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen, Food Fight (Get the book.) "Not if you ask the soft drink industry. Responding to criticism of soft drinks in schools, the National Soft Drink Association says arguments for limiting soft drinks are "an insult to consumer intelligence," and that a link between soda and health problems is "not supported by the facts."15 Also: [S]oft drink consumption by children is not linked to pediatric obesity, poor diet quality, or a lack of exercise. And Soft drink consumption is not linked to adolescent obesity.16 A twelve-ounce Coke or Pepsi has more than nine teaspoons of sugar." - Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen, Food Fight (Get the book.) "And The soft drink industry has a long commitment to promoting a healthy lifestyle for individuals—especially children. And finally The revenue generated from the sale of beverages in schools is an important part of the education funding equation in the United States.1 We agree with at least this last statement. The soft drink companies are a presence in the schools and have become a regular part of the funding equation." - Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen, Food Fight (Get the book.) "Connections between schools and the soft drink industry are not hidden. The industry boasts of these relationships with masterful public relations. For instance, the National Soft Drink Association presents data from a survey by the Trust to Reach Education Excellence that 92 percent of school principals say schools should form partnerships with local businesses and that 62 percent say their schools have entered into contracts with the soft drink companies.6 The spin comes in interpreting these high numbers." - Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen, Food Fight (Get the book.)

"However, because the soft drink industry has been so successful in making their products so widely accepted and available for daily — often multiple times a day — consumption, soda is frequently not perceived to be the liquid candy and potential health hazard that it is. This accepted practice of regular and excessive soda consumption concerns me to such a degree that I felt compelled to speak before the Denver Public School Board in the Summer of 2003 urging them not to renew their contract with Pepsi. I did so in the context of their monthly public forum as part of the established agenda." - Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C., If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! The No-nonsense Guide to an Eating-for-Health Lifestyle (Get the book.) "Every branch of the food industry has burgeoned in the last few decades. The soft drink industry alone has grown nearly ten-fold in just over 50 years. With the exception of the natural foods segment of the food industry, they are all guilty of dishing out questionable fake-food products that are unquestionably the primary cause of the deteriorating health of the public. And with the exception of some segments of society (we self-avowed health food nuts for one), this trend of poor eating and the resultant epidemic of chronic dzs-ease shows no sign of abating." - Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C., If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! The No-nonsense Guide to an Eating-for-Health Lifestyle (Get the book.)

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