Bubbling Over: Soda Consumption and Its Link to Obesity in California


FOR RELEASE ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 2009

While health officials have long suspected the link between obesity and soda consumption, research released today provides the first scientific evidence of the potent role soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages play in fueling California’s expanding girth.

Key among the findings reported in their study, Bubbling Over: Soda Consumption and Its Link to Obesity in California, is the discovery that adults who drink a soda or more per day are 27 percent more likely to be overweight than those who abstain, regardless of income or ethnicity.

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Part 2 Excerpts from interview with Dr. Harold Goldstein, study author and Executive Director, California Center for Public Health Advocacy TRT 1:32 (high-res) Right Click to Save File to Disk Click Here to Download Transcript
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Part 4 Excerpts from interview with Dr. Dexter Louie, Board Chair, California Medical Association Foundation TRT 1:30 (high-res) Right Click to Save File to Disk Click Here to Download Transcript

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 Consumers Talking About Soda TRT 1:53 (high-res) Right Click to Save File to Disk Click Here to Download Transcript

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