date:Dec 20, 2012
ritional standards for marketing to children, pushed New York City and later the U.S. Congress to mandate menu calorie labels and threatened in 2006 to sue soft drink companies over high-calorie drinks. The groups 1998 report, Liquid Candy: How Soft Drinks are Harming Americas Health, ramped up pressure on soda makers to more clearly label products and market less to children.
Sugar-sweetened drinks are the largest source of added sugar in youth diets in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers