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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/consumers-set-to-squash-soft-drink-marketing/">Consumers Squash Soft Drink Marketing</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted January 10, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Alexandra M. Haller</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Do you think there is a strong link between rising rates of childhood obesity and soft drink consumption? The evidence is growing. After all, downing large amounts of any beverage that is high in sugar and calories isn’t very health conscious. Sugar turns to fat, and then the pounds pile on. Because of this rationale, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is teaming up with other organizations across the globe to implore the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo to decrease their soft drink marketing and get on the right path to keeping kids healthy. On January 3, 2008, over twenty health and consumer groups sent an onslaught of letters to the soft drink companies. These letters are partly the result of the Global Dump Soft Drinks Campaign. According to their website, their aim is to…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/consumers-set-to-squash-soft-drink-marketing/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/consumers-set-to-squash-soft-drink-marketing/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/consumers-set-to-squash-soft-drink-marketing/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/consumers-set-to-squash-soft-drink-marketing/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/weight-control/">weight-control</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>