On October 12, 2009
Coca-Cola Company Bursting With Nutrition Advice and Wisdom
The Coca-Cola Company is partnering with the American Academy of Family Physicians to help teach kids about nutrition. Coke will be the first corporate partner to work with AAFP on materials that “educate consumers about the role their products can play in a healthy, active lifestyle.” I congratulate anyone who can say that with a straight face. Meanwhile, Coke CEO Muhtar Kent wrote an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal arguing that more exercise, not less Coca-Cola, is the solution to our nation’s obesity problem. Well, okay, somewhere in there he did acknowledge that the number of calories consumed plays some role in how fat people get, but it’s not the entirety of the equation, and therefore a soda…
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