Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta would like you to know that if your kids are obese, you’re a bad parent.
The California Endowment, meanwhile, wants you to believe that "a grocery store can stop diabetes."
The California Endowment, meanwhile, wants you to believe that "a grocery store can stop diabetes."
Never mind that recent studies have found that where you live has little or nothing to do with your weight.
And as you can see below, the NYC health department continues to be a ruthless aggressor in the War on Soda, with a poster in its new campaign linking large soda servings to an extreme outcome: amputation.
Considering that less than 1% of diabetics in the U.S. actually have to undergo amputation (according to American Diabetes Association statistics), this poster should carry the disclaimer we always see on those tacky weight-loss ads: Results not typical.
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1/26/12 Update: The CDC now says that diabetes-related amputations have dropped dramatically over the last 15 years. Oh, and the legs of the man in the poster above were Photoshopped off, not chopped off. But hey, all's fair in love and soda-war.
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1/26/12 Update: The CDC now says that diabetes-related amputations have dropped dramatically over the last 15 years. Oh, and the legs of the man in the poster above were Photoshopped off, not chopped off. But hey, all's fair in love and soda-war.
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