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Are artificial sweeteners truly better for you or are they actually worse then just drinking sugar. Many believe using artificial sweeteners to sweeten drinks and food can be a great way to help reduce calories and maintain a healthy lifestyle. While others believe it is far worse for you then just having sugar or high fructose corn syrup.

There is no evidence scientifically that tax will solve obesity. solution is not education alone. No evidence that soda is the cause, sales of soda are down but sugar drinks are still high Calories are not the issue. soda adds too much sugar and has no nutritional value. Beverage industry needs to be part of solution

This is about the proposal for a sweet tax, including studies and test run. Also the effects that sugar has on our body. In the end are also proposals for the taxes and how it will effect our economy and industry.

The ban on large sugar filled beverages imposed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was recently overturned by a New York City judge. The New York City Board of health had already unanimously approved the ban.

A heavily debated topic is in regard to the use of sugar substitutes such as aspartame and sucralose. Common brands are Splenda, NutraSweet, and etc. Research has shown that these "healthy, weight loss" sugar-free substitutes are unsafe and are causing more harm then good. This article specifically talks about how children's drinks are being targeted, and currently contain more of these sweeteners, such as aspartame, and increased by 200% during the study period. This is not only affecting children, as there has been a 54% increase of artificial sweeteners in adult foods and beverages as well.

The article talks about New York City's new ruling that puts a limit on the size drinks filled with sugar. The ruling was passed in hopes that it would help lower the obesity rate.

Obesity has been seen as a behavioral disorder but new studies show the foods contents, such as high fat and sugar, are what cause a person to overeat. Researcher Paul Kenny uses brain analysis on mice to prove his theory.

This article is so interesting and eye-opening. This kind of makes you wonder even if we try to stop eating the junk food and we know it's bad for us, we have a hard time stopping.

This article is about the Mayor of New York banning soda. New York City Mayor Bloomberg struck what he claims is another blow for the cause of public health yesterday by announcing a ban on the sale of all sugared drinks in containers that measure larger than 16 ounce servings. Because soft drinks are widely believed to be part of the obesity epidemic, he believes it is his duty to try and stop the citizens of Gotham from harming themselves.

Article about how New York mayor wanted to ban large sodas. Analyzes how this effects personal freedom from both sides.

Michelle Obama fighting the government to provide healthier choses in our schools. As part of her anti-childhood obesity campaign she works with schools to get more vegetables onto the menu and cut back on salt, sugar and fat. Schools need better nutrition and the first lady is going to fight for our kids.

In New York the freedom of choosing to drink more than 16 oz of soda is restricted. This is an act to try and fight obesity. Many feel it is going the wrong way.

This article talks about how NY is fighting obesity by limiting the amount of junk food a person can buy

Sugary drinks has been linked to 180,000 deaths world wide. Drinks such as soda has been linked to major heart diseases and obesity.