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Soft Drinks and Obesity

12 March 2015 - The Guardian - Tax on sugary drinks could save NHS £15m a year, claims study
02 March 2015 - MedicalXpress - Soft drink tax could improve health of the nation
BBC News - Energy drinks 'should be banned' for under-16s
16 February 2015 - FoodAct!ve - New campaign takes the fight to sugary drinks companies
12 February 2015 - BBC News - Row over sugar firms' links to scientists
Sugar: spinning a web of influence
Energy drinks significantly increase hyperactivity in schoolchildren, study finds
27 January 2015 - MNT - UK parents hounded by their kids to buy junk food they see on TV - BHF calls for ban on junk food ads before 9pm
18 January 2015 - The Guardian - Welcome to the Coca-Cola London Eye … but health charities are already seeing red
14 January 2015 - Medical News Today - New sugar drinks policy launched by experts at the British Dietetic Association
19 November 2014 - NewsDaily - Kids still a target for marketers of sugary drinks: report
“Darwin, Diet, Disease, and Dollars,” - how the costs of excess sugar have overwhelmed the US healthcare system
27 October 2014 - The Conversation - Official healthy food guide hasn't changed in 20 years: five things that need updating
16 October 2014 - The Guardian - Sugary soft drinks may be linked to accelerated DNA ageing – study
14 October 2014 - Nutraingredients - Food industry must slash sugar – not just tinker
Beyond Obesity: Western Diet Shown to Make People Unintelligent
Sugar linked to memory problems in adolescent rats
26 September 2014 - HuffPost - Is the NHS Encouraging Obesity Through Unhealthy Food Choices? And What Can We Do??
12 September 2014 - KQED News - Berkeley’s Talking About Sugar — And the Conversation Isn’t Sweet
2 September 2014 - BMJ Blogs - Sally Norton: NHS hospitals—does a spoonful of sugar help the medicine go down?
24 August 2014 - The Guardian - Robert Lustig: the man who believes sugar is poison
20 August 2014 - MedicalXpress - Sugar tax on drinks may reduce obesity
19 July 2014 - Michelle's blog - Regulating for health – to nanny or not to nanny
14 July 2014 - BBC news - Dental charity blames bad baby teeth on 'child neglect'
4 July 2014 - MNT - TV gives children a 'bad example' on food
23 June 2014 - BBC Radio 4 - Sweeteners: The answer to our sugar cravings?
18 June 2014 - The Conversation - Lifestyle diseases make global health promotion more difficult than ever
13 June 2014 - ScienceDaily - How food marketing creates false sense of health
3 June 2014 - Time - How Sugar Went From a Condiment to a Diet Staple
28 May 2014 - Medical News Today - Has public opinion turned against sugary drinks?
11th May 2014 - The Guardian - Sugar is the real enemy, not fat itself, says film targeting obesity
25 April 2014 - Food Navigator - Children's TV viewing habits linked to 'junk food' consumption
Special report: Sugar - the bitter truth?
25 March 2013 - FoodNavigator - 'Mindless eating' in Britain spells opportunity for industry, says National Obesity Forum
18 Feb 2013 - The Guardian - Obesity crisis: doctors demand soft drink tax and healthier hospital food
BBC News - Tax fizzy drinks and ban junk food ads, say doctors
BBC News - 'Toxic Diets' Fuel Child Obesity