Big soda has worked hard to keep warning labels off of soda and soda ads, stating that these new ordinances will violate their and their members' constitutional rights of free speech. Today Judge Edward Chen ruled in San Francisco's favor by denying the soda industry’s attempt to temporarily block the implementation of a new law to require warning labels on ads for sugary drinks back in January this year. The ordinance would require sugary sweetened beverage ads to display a warning from the city that states, "WARNING: Drinking beverages with added sugar(s)[2] contributes to obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay. This is a message from the City and County of San Francisco.‟ Soda and sugary sweetened beverages are added sugars in a person's diet and have been shown through ...
The Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) proposal is being reintroduced to help invest in better nutrition and more physical education for schools as well as create healthier communities in Illinois. The proposal was put into motion in Springfield, Ill, in May 2016, by the bipartisan group of state legislators looking to help fund Medicaid and invest in the health of their communities. Estimated to raise over six million dollars a year, the HEAL act would tax sugary drinks at a penny-per-ounce and go to support low-income and least healthy communities to have farmers markets, healthy food access, bike lanes, parks, and sidewalks.
CEO of the Illinois Public Health Institute and Executive Director of the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity said in a press release, "Obesity costs the ...
Update May 2016: City Council President suggests an alternative lower priced soda tax A new 1-cent tax per ounce or lower on soda was recently suggested by City Council President Darrell Clarke at City Hall that would cut funding for Mayor Kenney's original soda tax proposal to help bring universal pre-k to Philadelphia. The funding from the tax would be decreased from an estimated $60 million a year to pay for 6,500 new pre-k spots down to $19 million a year at 2,000 new pre-k spots, according to a recent news article. More discussions are set on how to fund the initial pre-k plan and the exact pricing for the soda tax. To see the history of this change, click here. Share on Twitter: City Council President suggests a lower $ soda tax ...
Soda tax considerations in cities are growing in interest across the nation and in other countries around the world. Watsonville, a majority Latino community (81.9% Latino), is working on their own proposals in California, hoping to encourage other small town minority-majority cities, that if they can pass taxes on sugary drinks, any small-town city has a chance. Groups and organizations in the city are all working together to rally voters and get petitions signed that would propose a 2-cent-per-ounce sugary beverage tax. Christian Garcia, one of the organizers, gathered over 2,000 signatures from voters who were "very receptive" for the taxes, Garcia explained in a local video, stating how groups went door-to-door to collect signatures from around the city. Garcia and his ...
Looking for a new resource to spread the word about unhealthy food and beverage marketing to kids in your school or community?
The UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity has created a set of presentations to help advocates inform their communities on how unhealthy marketing practices contribute to an epidemic of poor diet among youth, and what communities can do to help ensure that their children grow up at a healthy weight.
Among these resources is a downloadable presentation on "Food Marketing to Youth: What's the Harm?", which explains the importance of eating healthy foods, the truth about how millions is spent in unhealthy food marketing towards kids and how to talk to kids and reduce advertising impacts on kids.
Latino kids often see more ads on TV than their white ...
Many people know that having too much sugar is bad, but few know how to know how to read sugar labels and know how much sugar is in everyday foods. Added sugar is a health risk for consumers in sodas, juices, pastries, bread, and more. The more we consume unknown sugars, the more our bodies are at risk for high-sugar diet-related diseases like diabetes and heart disease. To help consumers understand how to cut added sugar from their diets and how to encourage policies that can help consumers reduce the consumption of hidden sugars, join the #FoodFri tweetchat this Friday at 1-2pm by following the hashtag #FoodFri on twitter with organizations @MomsRising, @CSPI, @TheFoodstand, and @FoodRev. Copy & Share this Tweet: What’s the deal with added sugars? Join us along w/ ...
The Mayor of Evanston, Elizabeth Tisdahl along with the local health department officials, kicked off the "Rethink Your Drink" challenge today, which encourages consumers to think about the sugar content in the beverages they consume on a daily basis. The goal of the campaign is to help people understand the importance of drinking more water and less sugary sweetened beverages as research has shown brings greater risks to consumers for heart disease, type two diabetes, and obesity. Health and Human Services Director, Evonda Thomas-Smith, doctors and local cardiologist Timothy Sanborn were among those encouraging citizens to drinks more water, and pledge to consider drinking only water for the next thirty days. Officials also passed out pledge cards and asked all attending to ...
Thirsty? May is the month of free giveaways of water and reusable water bottles from San Antonio Water System (SAWS) asking the city to 'Rethink your Drink' with water! Kicking off the National Drinking Water Week happening from May 1st to May 7th, SAWS will be giving away free water and water bottles at various locations around the city. The SAWS water tanker will be giving out free water in the following locations: Where SAWS water tanker will be (approximately 2 hours at each location)*:
Tuesday, May 3 (noontime): The Pearl, near the Pearl Stable and The Area Foundation
Wednesday, May 4 (3-5pm): UTSA Main Campus, near the UC and H-E-B Business building
Thursday, May 5 (7-9am): Woodlawn Lake, near the walking trail
Thursday, May 5 (noontime): TriPoint YMCA at Mulberry ...
Tennessee Clean Water Network is working to "Bring Tap Back". The nonprofit organization promotes clean water and healthy communities and has been a part of local visits to schools to encourage to use free water bottles to drink water and educate kids about the importance of consuming fewer sodas and sugary beverages. The "Bring Tap Back" initiative was funded by a three-year Project Diabetes grant from the Tenn. Dept. of Health. that has helped provide water bottle refill stations across the state. In Knoxville, Tenn. 80 water bottle refill stations have helped people trade sugary drinks for water to reduce risks of obesity and diabetes. Sodas, sports drinks, unnaturally sweetened juices and other sugary beverages are known to increase risks of diabetes and obesity in Latino ...
