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A new report has found that Americans downed about a quarter less added sugar in 2008 than they did nine years earlier. The drop is due to a decrease in the amount of sugar-sweetened soda that people drank. "We were surprised to see that there was a substantial reduction over the years," Dr. Jean Welsh, a researcher at Emory University in Atlanta and the lead author of the report, said in a press release.She said a push by the government and private organizations to alert consumers...

Bee Line Vending for Health offers state of the art machines (complete with LCD screens and debit/credit card readers) while committing to providing only the healthiest snacks and drinks. Bee Line aims to help promote healthy living, save kids from the growing obesity epidemic and offer the right choices for people on the move that understand the importance of nutrition. (PRWEB) July 15, 2011 Bee Line Inc. of Elk Grove Village IL has added a new company to their conglomerate. Bee Line...

Teenagers learn to prefer the taste of sugar-sweetened, carbonated beverages that contain caffeineResearch to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, indicates that caffeine added to sugar-sweetened, carbonated beverages teaches adolescents to prefer those beverages.  Researchers found that the amount of caffeine added to an unfamiliar beverage...

Research shows surprising reason why soda tax to reduce obesity won't workTo many, a tax on soda is a no-brainer in advancing the nation's war on obesity. Advocates point to a number of studies in recent years that conclude that sugary drinks have a lot to do with why Americans are getting fatter.But obese people tend to drink diet sodas, and therefore taxing soft drinks with added sugar or other sweeteners is not a good weapon in combating obesity, according to a new Northwestern University...

People who drink diet sodas in an attempt to shed pounds or avert weight gain may be inadvertently sabotaging their goals, according to two University of Texas studies presented June 25 and 27 at a meeting of the American Diabetes Association in San Diego.In the first study, epidemiologists at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio found that people who drank two or more diet sodas each day grew their waist size six times as much as those who abstained from diet...

Waistlines in people, glucose levels in mice hint at sweeteners' effectsIn the constant battle to lose inches or at least stay the same, we reach for the diet soda. Two studies presented Saturday [June 25] at the American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions suggest this might be self-defeating behavior.Epidemiologists from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio reported data showing that diet soft drink consumption is associated with...

One out of four U.S. teens has one soda a day and only one in 10 teens get enough exercise, studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed.The consumption of sugary drinks is considered a big public health problem and has been linked to childhood obesity epidemic in the U.S., reports the Associated Press (AP).A study of Massachusetts school children says that for each additional sweet drink consumed a day, the odds of obesity increase by 60 percent. This study resulted...

Fast food restaurants have no impact on high school students' weightPeople generally worry about who their neighbors are, especially neighbors of our children. If high-fat food and soda are nearby, people will imbibe, and consequently gain weight. Or will they? With students' health at risk, a study in the July/August 2011 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior explores the influence food store locations near schools has on the student risk of being overweight and student...

MINNEAPOLIS, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cargill today announced initial findings from its multi-year research program to understand how beverage ingredients interact to affect taste, sweetness and mouthfeel at the 2011 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Food Expo. Preliminary results of research in lemon-lime beverages validate Cargill's new approach to reduced calorie beverage formulations by confirming that there is a connection between key mouthfeel sensations and consumers' liking...

DALLAS, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The report "Global Food and Beverage Metal Cans Market by Raw Materials, Sizes and Shapes, Applications, Price Trends and Forecast, 2011-2016" defines and segments the global food and beverage metal cans market with analysis and forecasting of the global revenues for metal cans. It also identifies driving and restraining factors for the global metal cans market with analysis of trends, opportunities, and challenges. The market is segmented and...