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Scientist Calls For Warnings, Tax On Soda

Soda Industry, Researcher Face Off On Obesity Debate
A fight is brewing between health researchers and the beverage industry over whether a warning should be put on soda.

University of North Carolina scientist Barry Popkin is pushing for a warning label for sodas and linking their consumption to obesity. He said the nation got heavier at the same rate soda became more popular.

Kevin Keane of the American Beverage Association said it's unfair to hold one product responsible for the nation's obesity problem. He said children are much less active now than a few years ago.

Popkin is also in favor of a soda tax, such as the one on tobacco. He said studies involving the links of soda and obesity are at the same stage as studies on tobacco and health problems several years ago, when those warnings were issued.

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