Soft Drinks (page 13)

Activists, Tell Us What You Really Feel

There is a theory of political dynamics — called the “Overton window” after the political scientist that articulated it — that holds that certain policies are thinkable and…
Posted March 28, 2012 at 4:40 pm

A Vision of Lustig’s World

You might remember the dust-up over an article by Robert Lustig about regulating sugar like alcohol or tobacco. Among his proposed policies was an age requirement to buy…
Posted March 16, 2012 at 3:35 pm

CCF Dispels Sugar Scare

Last month, University of California-San Francisco professor Robert Lustig made headlines with his Nature article claiming that sugar was toxic and must be regulated like alcohol and tobacco.
Posted March 12, 2012 at 3:20 pm

Serious Science Smashes Soda Scare

At least the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) can be given points for consistency — consistency in needlessly overblowing fears about many of the foods we…
Posted March 6, 2012 at 1:56 pm

No Brotherly Love for Soda Taxes

After two years of abortive attempts to place taxes on sugary drinks, Philadelphia Mayor and soon-to-be Center for Science in the Public Interest…
Posted February 29, 2012 at 5:13 pm

Are We All Ice Cream Junkies?

The idea that foods are “addictive” has been floating around for about a decade. When it was first broached, a psychiatrist cautioned in USA Today that “the word…
Posted February 23, 2012 at 4:24 pm

Fructose Gets a “Not Guilty” Verdict

In a meta-analysis primarily funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and published in the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers from universities across The Great…
Posted February 21, 2012 at 3:27 pm

CCF on NBC

“Public health” researchers have a bad habit of proposing radical regulations on food to try to slim the nation down. The recent call by Robert Lustig to regulate…
Posted February 3, 2012 at 5:54 pm

Publicity Hound Physician: Require ID for Soda

“I’m actually trying to undo the nanny state.” Coming as it did from a public health researcher, that sounds like a breath of fresh air, right? Has…
Posted February 2, 2012 at 5:41 pm

Soda Taxes Are Ineffective, Outdated

As expected, the new year brought a new push from do-gooder public health activists intent on taxing soft drinks. In Oregon, advocates proposed a ballot initiative to place a penny-per-ounce wholesale tax on…
Posted January 30, 2012 at 5:07 pm