date:Sep 25, 2012
The row over Mayor Bloombergs controversial plan to curb sales of super-size sodas in New York City has intensified with the publication of new research debating the role that sugary drinks play in the nations expanding waistline.
While the soft drinks industry strongly rejects this hypothesis, two new papers published in the New England Journal of Medicine argue that sugar-sweetened beverages appear to play a key role in weight gain.
The authors of Sugar Sweetened Beverages and Genetic Risk o