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Posts Tagged ‘Soda’

Richmond’s sugar-sweetened beverage town hall draws tears, personal testimonies

By Tawanda Kanhema | October 31, 2012 | 3

Families from Richmond’s African American community testified Monday night to the fight against the health effects of poor diets at a town hall meeting to discuss the city’s proposed tax on sugar sweetened beverages. The town hall, held in the eastern corner of the Iron Triangle neighborhood at the Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, attracted at…

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Richmond residents say goodbye to soda at Measure N campaign event

By Tawanda Kanhema | October 22, 2012 | 10
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A frozen bottle of Coca Cola rolled, fizzed and melted as it lay cold in a miniature casket mounted on a table at the corner of Richmond’s Macdonald Avenue and 37th Street.

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Childhood obesity in Contra Costa on the rise

By Hasan Dudar | November 10, 2011 | 1

Sugar-sweetened drinks and street violence have contributed to a rise in childhood obesity across low-income areas of Contra Costa County, according to county health officials who worked closely on a statewide study released Wednesday.

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County urging kids to stay away from soda

By Ian Stewart | June 30, 2010

Contra Costa County has declared the next few months “Soda-Free Summer,” and is planning a campaign to fight childhood obesity rates by urging kids and teenagers to drink less sugary soda pop.

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