Don’t listen to those pesky public health advocates talking about soda warning labels and soda taxes. Big Soda can solve the world’s chronic disease crisis on its own. Sure, its products and marketing have contributed to unprecedented rates of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, but Big Soda has pledged to reduce the calories consumed in its beverages. Therefore, any action communities take to regulate soda is unnecessary, or worse, downright Nanny Statism. Or so the American Beverage Association […]

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Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present this guest post by Vik Khanna. Do you have a big brother? I don’t, and I don’t want one. And, I’m not talking about a sibling. I am talking about an organization, such as the government or a corporation, that, under the guise of knowing what’s best for me, wants to constantly observe my behavior. Observation is just the beginning; observed behaviors that do not meet some vague, fickle standard will, of course, […]

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Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present this guest post by our colleague Derek Fields. In not-so-unexpected news, partners of Coke, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper/Snapple and other food industry giants are still taking industry money while assuring us that it does not affect them. We’ve covered Coca-Cola’s corruption, “transparency” efforts, and unexplained changes to their database of health grants extensively. In this post we’re going to focus on The Obesity Society and their fellow Martin Binks. Both tell us to “Judge the […]

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