When looking at the overall consumption of calories in north America its easy to see that sugary beverages play a large role in daily calorie consumption and unnecessary sugar intake. The consumption of sugary beverages is resulting in an unhealthy lifestyle and many argue over indulging in these products is the link between the growing type two diabetes and the obesity epidemic in our society. A consumer of these drinks must comprehend what the side effects of over indulging in these brands are. Government involvement is changing labels to state what’s in these beverages while the corporations themselves have ignored the issue using unethical behavior to maintain revenue.
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Government has always played a big role in managing the potential health risks that come along with unhealthy food and drinks. 4 In 2014 the FDA started to make major changes to nutrition fact labels including adding a separate added sugar label, distinguishing the natural occurring sugars from the added sweeteners. The FDA also claimed they would update serving sizes in order to reflect true consumption of ingredients, such as using teaspoons instead of grams. This is a major step towards cutting down the consumption of unnecessary sugars and calories but many still argue that more needs to be done. On January 1st 2014, Mexico put a soda tax in effect. 2(The tax of approximately 10 percent applies to non-dairy and non-alcoholic beverages with added sugar.) (Preliminary results show a 6 percent average decline in purchases of taxed beverages over 2014, compared to pre-tax trends. This difference accelerated over 2014 and the reduction compared to pre-tax trends reached 12% by December 2014.) Although this showed very promising and effective results, Canada has yet to put such a tax in place, and is not considering it in the near …show more content…
Coca-Cola is the leader of the extremely profitable soft drink business and with that reputation along comes lots of responsibility. With campaigns like ‘come together’ the company supports a healthy lifestyle and recommends exercise to avoid obesity. While Coca-Cola recognizes the increasing obese society we populate, it also funds millions of dollars to disprove any claims against their product that links them to the cause. Coca-Cola spent £4.86 million in order to set up the ‘European Hydration Institute’, an independent research foundation that supports the use of soft and sports drinks for a healthy lifestyle. In an interview with the Telegraph, a board member of the Faculty of Public Health, Simon Capewell, said 2"Coca-Cola is trying to manipulate not just public opinion but policy and political decisions. Its tactics echo those used by the tobacco and alcohol industries, which have also tried to influence the scientific process by funding apparently independent groups. It 's a conflict of interest that flies in the face of good practice."() In response to this controversy Coca-Cola responded with this "We want to be open about our funding of academic research and support of third party organizations. We rely on scientific research to make decisions about our products and ingredients and commission independent third parties to carry out
Enjoying a soft drink is common among many Canadians. As more study’s …show more content…
Government has always played a big role in managing the potential health risks that come along with unhealthy food and drinks. 4 In 2014 the FDA started to make major changes to nutrition fact labels including adding a separate added sugar label, distinguishing the natural occurring sugars from the added sweeteners. The FDA also claimed they would update serving sizes in order to reflect true consumption of ingredients, such as using teaspoons instead of grams. This is a major step towards cutting down the consumption of unnecessary sugars and calories but many still argue that more needs to be done. On January 1st 2014, Mexico put a soda tax in effect. 2(The tax of approximately 10 percent applies to non-dairy and non-alcoholic beverages with added sugar.) (Preliminary results show a 6 percent average decline in purchases of taxed beverages over 2014, compared to pre-tax trends. This difference accelerated over 2014 and the reduction compared to pre-tax trends reached 12% by December 2014.) Although this showed very promising and effective results, Canada has yet to put such a tax in place, and is not considering it in the near …show more content…
Coca-Cola is the leader of the extremely profitable soft drink business and with that reputation along comes lots of responsibility. With campaigns like ‘come together’ the company supports a healthy lifestyle and recommends exercise to avoid obesity. While Coca-Cola recognizes the increasing obese society we populate, it also funds millions of dollars to disprove any claims against their product that links them to the cause. Coca-Cola spent £4.86 million in order to set up the ‘European Hydration Institute’, an independent research foundation that supports the use of soft and sports drinks for a healthy lifestyle. In an interview with the Telegraph, a board member of the Faculty of Public Health, Simon Capewell, said 2"Coca-Cola is trying to manipulate not just public opinion but policy and political decisions. Its tactics echo those used by the tobacco and alcohol industries, which have also tried to influence the scientific process by funding apparently independent groups. It 's a conflict of interest that flies in the face of good practice."() In response to this controversy Coca-Cola responded with this "We want to be open about our funding of academic research and support of third party organizations. We rely on scientific research to make decisions about our products and ingredients and commission independent third parties to carry out