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Overall, across America, about 15% of children and one-third of adults have gone longer than a year without a dental…
Soda taxes, it seems, are gaining some pop. Voters in several U.S. cities in California and Colorado overwhelmingly approved additional…
The debate on soda taxes is back, this time in Philadelphia. City leaders there want to charge 1.5 cents for…
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Every five years, the federal government comes out with a new edition of its dietary guidelines. The official nutritional recommendations…
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Under the influence of the sugar industry decades ago, federal health officials stepped back from an ambitious campaign to wipe…
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In the weeks leading up to the Nov. 4 elections, Tom Lochner covered the debate over soda tax questions on…
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Is there a soda tax debate coming to your community? The potential for such taxes to address problems with obesity,…
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With a classic tale of powerful established interests, millions and millions of dollars and savvy lobbying, Chicago Tribune reporters Tom…
Joe Eaton of the Center for Public Integrity and Christine Spolar of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund look into how…