The new food-stamp rules will make your head spin

Much of the burden for determining which items can or can't be purchased falls to the best judgment of store clerks...

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/01/snap-soda-ban-food-stamps/685637/ 

 

‘This industry will stop at nothing’: big soda’s fight to ban taxes on sugary drinks

In Philadelphia, which has taxed sweetened beverages since 2017, the revenues have helped the region add jobs, according to a 2021 Rutgers University study, mostly because the program has funded childcare that allows parents to go back to work. 

There's also evidence of longer-term consumption trends. An analysis of Seattle's soda tax, published in December 2021, found that two years after its implementation, there was a 23% drop in grams of sugar sold through taxed drinks compared with sales of those products in Portland, where there was no soda tax…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/12/big-soda-industry-lobby-fight-ban-soda-taxes

Report reveals ‘massive plastic pollution footprint’ of drinks firms

Four global drinks giants are responsible for more than half a million tonnes of plastic pollution in six developing countries each year, enough to cover 83 football pitches every day, according to a report. ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/31/report-reveals-massive-plastic-pollution-footprint-of-drinks-firms

Sugary Drink Consumption Plunges in Chile After New Food Law - NYTimes

A study finds that a landmark law requiring warning labels on unhealthy foods made a swift difference in purchases of sodas, bottled water and juices. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/health/chile-soda-warning-label.html

Taxing Sweetened Drinks by the Amount of Sugar Could Cut Obesity & Boost Economic Gains

Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages by the amount of sugar they contain, rather than by the liquid volume of these drinks, as several U.S. cities currently do, could produce even greater health benefits and economic gains......
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/september/taxing-sweetened-drinks-by-the-amount-of-sugar-could-cut-obesity.html

The link between sugary drinks, cancer and poor neighborhoods - The Hill

The recent findings ignores the disproportionate marketing and sales of sugared beverages in low income and racial minority communities.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/453017-the-link-between-sugary-drinks-cancer-and-poor-neighborhoods

A small glass of juice or soda a day is linked to increased risk of cancer, study finds - CNN

A new study has linked drinking just a small glass of a sugary drink per day — 100 ml, about a third of a can of soda — to an 18% increase in overall cancer risk and a 22% increase in risk for breast cancer...
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/10/health/sugary-drinks-cancer-risk-study-intl/index.html

Comparisons to Soda Reveal Unexpected Consequences of Drinking Fruit Juice - Inverse

When it comes to your long-term health, there may not be much of a difference between soda and fruit juice. New research in the open-access journal 'JAMA Network Open' suggests that the sugar content in juice and soda can both contribute to shortened lifespans.....
https://www.inverse.com/article/55920-is-fruit-juice-healthier-than-soda

High-Fructose Corn Syrup's Effect on Tumors Is Another Strike Against Soda - Inverse

The sweetens, natural and artificial, used in soda have already come under fire. Now, another experiment adds more ammunition by showing that high-fructose corn syrup and potentially other sugars can lead colon tumors to become even more aggressive...
https://www.inverse.com/article/54299-high-fructose-corn-syrup-colon-cancer-effects

Harvard Study on Sugary Drinks and Early Death May Spell the End of Soda - Inverse

In a study published Monday in the American Heart Association journal 'Circulation,' Harvard public health researchers showed evidence that people who drank two or more sugar-sweetened beverages a day had significantly higher chances of dying early compared to people who drank less than one a month...
https://www.inverse.com/article/54132-soda-increases-heart-disease-and-cancer-risk

Drinking two or more diet beverages a day linked to high risk of stroke, heart attacks - CNN

Drinking two or more diet sodas a day is linked to an increased risk of stroke, heart attacks and early death in women over 50, a new study says. The risk was highest for obese and African American women. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/health/diet-soda-women-stroke-heart-attack/index.html

How diet is changing - the good and the bad - BBC News US

Children are turning their backs on sugary drinks but all age groups eat too few vegetables, a survey suggests. ....
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46972101

This Is the Link Between Processed Foods and Cancer -- TIME

Snacks, desserts and soda are associated with the disease ....
http://time.com/5157885/processed-foods-cancer/

The Tragedy of 'Mountain Dew Mouth' and the U.S.'s Insane Approach to Dental Care

Lack of dental care is causing a mouthful of trouble—and it will get worse....
http://www.alternet.org/human-rights/root-problem-american-health-care

Here’s Another Reason You Might Want to Quit Diet Soda

Evidence about just how terrible diet soda is for your health is mounting. The latest? People who consumed at least one diet drink a day were nearly three times as likely to have a stroke or develop Alzheimer's disease compared to people who had them less than once a week, per new research in the journal Stroke. And you thought saving the calories and sugar would be worth it

Before you spit your soda across the room, you should know how the study was conducted. ...
https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/diet-soda-linked-to-alzheimers-disease-and-stroke-in-study