http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/15010/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/world-news-shills-soda-tax-fight-obesity <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >Saving the world one tax at a time might sound like a silly notion. Not to those who want a soda tax to control people’s consumption habits in the name of fighting obesity.</p> <br /> <p >On ABC’s April 8 “World News with Charles Gibson,” John Berman reported that soft drinks were making people fat – something you don’t see in soft drink advertisements.</p> <br /> <p >“If you watch the commercials, soft drinks make us sing, soft drinks make us smile,” Berman said. “But researchers say they also make us fat.”</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/world-news-shills-soda-tax-fight-obesity" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Taxes abc cigarettetaxes fat JohnBerman KellyBrownell nannystate NewEnglandJournalofMedicine obesity pop publichealth Soda WorldNewswithCharlesGibson Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:04:11 +0000 admin 26862 at http://archive2.mrc.org