$30,000 to Study Obese Latino Kids Who Drink Soda

$30,000 to Study Obese Latino Kids Who Drink Soda

Mary Mata March 27, 2013

By Alexander Abad-Santos, The Atlantic Fans of conservative scientific outrage and the railing against senseless Obama administration-backed spending therein, have no fear: We’ve got the early word on a study […]

How Big Soda Co-Opted the Hispanic Federation

Mary Mata January 25, 2013

By Nancy Huehnergarth, Huffington Post Click on picture to read story. [Photo by DeusXFlorida]

A Few Good Reasons To Say No To Soda

Mary Mata November 15, 2011

If current trends continue, about 50 percent of Americans will be obese by 2030, according to a new study. This would increase the total number of obese people in the […]

Coke Vs. Pepsi: The Cola Wars

Mary Mata November 3, 2011

On Tuesday we posted a story about how the big soda companies are marketing heavily toward kids and teens and the detrimental effects the sugary drinks can have on one’s […]

Soda Companies Aggressively Target Latino And Black Youth

Mary Mata November 1, 2011

A new report shows that kids and teenagers are exposed to more ads for sugary sodas and drinks than ever before and that Latino and African-American youth are being targeted […]

Latinos Are The New Mainstream, Especially In Ads

Mary Mata September 22, 2011

If you didn’t know it before, you can certainly start to see it now, and that’s the fact that Latinos are increasingly becoming mainstream. It’s apparent in the ways that […]

To Solve Obesity Problem, We Need To Start With The Children

Mary Mata September 6, 2011

I bet you’re thinking to yourself — enough already with the obesity topic! Well, there’s a reason I harp so much about obesity; it’s because, despite all that’s been written […]