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State Follows Davis on Default Beverages for Children

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2018
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State Follows Davis on Default Beverages for Children

Back in 2015, Davis became the first in the state to move away from soda as the default beverage for kids ...

Back in 2015, Davis became the first in the state to move away from soda as the default beverage for kids' meals. At the time, staff noted, “Sugary beverages play a central and unique role in the obes ...

November 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Industry Successful in Killing Statewide Soda Tax without a Vote

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 13, 2016
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Industry Successful in Killing Statewide Soda Tax without a Vote

For the second year in a row, legislation sponsored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, which would have imp ...

For the second year in a row, legislation sponsored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, which would have imposed a two-cents-per-ounce tax on sugary beverages, was killed for lack of support and pulled b ...

April 13, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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UCLA Study Finds Nearly Half of California Adults on Path to Diabetes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2016
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UCLA Study Finds Nearly Half of California Adults on Path to Diabetes

A first-ever study found that nearly half of California adults – including one out of every three young a ...

A first-ever study found that nearly half of California adults – including one out of every three young adults – have prediabetes, a precursor to life-threatening type 2 diabetes, or undiagnosed diabe ...

March 10, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Why Go After Soda First?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 06, 2016
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My View: Why Go After Soda First?

I keep seeing reference in letters to the editor and Bob Dunning’s columns questioning why the health ind ...

I keep seeing reference in letters to the editor and Bob Dunning’s columns questioning why the health industry is going after soda or sugar-sweetened beverages and ignoring a whole host of other sugar ...

February 06, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Public Health Groups Fight Back on Soda Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2016
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Public Health Groups Fight Back on Soda Tax

Back in December, a group of former and current public officials, including Senator Lois Wolk, Former Ass ...

Back in December, a group of former and current public officials, including Senator Lois Wolk, Former Assemblymember and Supervisor Helen Thomson and Former Mayor Ann Evans, came forward to ask the co ...

January 12, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Underlying Data on the Risks of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2015
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Underlying Data on the Risks of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption

During the course of the community discussion on a potential soda tax, we have cited our interview with D ...

During the course of the community discussion on a potential soda tax, we have cited our interview with Dr. Harold Goldstein. Some of his figures have come into question and so we asked Dr. Goldstein ...

December 29, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Beverage Industry Sure Acts Like Soda Tax Works

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 27, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Beverage Industry Sure Acts Like Soda Tax Works

While there has been a philosophical opposition to the soda tax by some, for the most part the push back ...

While there has been a philosophical opposition to the soda tax by some, for the most part the push back has come on the issue of whether a soda tax will actually work. We hedge our bets on this by co ...

December 27, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Really, We Don’t Have a Problem in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 23, 2015
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Commentary: Really, We Don’t Have a Problem in Davis?

Stats Show Woodland and West Sac Need to Get on the Ball Too Earlier this week one of our posters wrote, ...

Stats Show Woodland and West Sac Need to Get on the Ball Too Earlier this week one of our posters wrote, “Davis does not have a real problem with obesity nor diabetes.” When challenged by another post ...

December 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: On Personal Struggles with Sugar Addiction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: On Personal Struggles with Sugar Addiction

While we have spent much of the week talking about the political machinations around the soda tax, the un ...

While we have spent much of the week talking about the political machinations around the soda tax, the underlying issue has gotten short shrift. I found Friday’s column by Bob Dunning offensive and a ...

December 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor Wolk Backs Off Support of Soda Tax (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2015
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Mayor Wolk Backs Off Support of Soda Tax (Video)

Council had a long discussion on Tuesday related to revenue measures. After hearing from numerous repres ...

Council had a long discussion on Tuesday related to revenue measures. After hearing from numerous representatives of the business community and the beverage industry, Mayor Dan Wolk surprised many by ...

December 16, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Will Council Put a Soda Tax on the Ballot?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2015
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Will Council Put a Soda Tax on the Ballot?

The Davis City Council this evening will be considering a number of potential revenue measures. While mos ...

The Davis City Council this evening will be considering a number of potential revenue measures. While most of those will be aimed toward developing a revenue stream to pay for ongoing city services an ...

December 15, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Public Officials Come to Council Supporting Soda Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2015
| (45) Comments

Public Officials Come to Council Supporting Soda Tax

On Tuesday night a number of public officials came to the city council in support of a proposed soda tax. ...

On Tuesday night a number of public officials came to the city council in support of a proposed soda tax. These included public health officials, Senator Lois Wolk, former Assemblymember Helen Thomson ...

December 03, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Becomes First City to Make Non-Sugary Drinks Default Children’s Beverage

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 27, 2015
| (18) Comments

Davis Becomes First City to Make Non-Sugary Drinks Default Children’s Beverage

The Davis City Council unanimously and with enthusiasm passed an ordinance making the city the first in t ...

The Davis City Council unanimously and with enthusiasm passed an ordinance making the city the first in the nation to make non-sugary drinks the default for children’s meals at restaurants. Councilmem ...

May 27, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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City Introduces Ordinance Establishing Default Beverages to Children

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2015
| (3) Comments

City Introduces Ordinance Establishing Default Beverages to Children

Last fall, Davis Mayor Dan Wolk put forward his healthy children’s initiative, offering alternatives to s ...

Last fall, Davis Mayor Dan Wolk put forward his healthy children’s initiative, offering alternatives to sugary drinks at restaurants and making low-fat milk the default beverage. The effort, co-sponso ...

May 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Soda Tax a Modest Proposal to Fund Nutritional Programs For Low Income Children

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2014
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Commentary: Soda Tax a Modest Proposal to Fund Nutritional Programs For Low Income Children

On Monday, I floated what I thought was a relatively modest proposal – a one-cent sales tax on sugary dri ...

On Monday, I floated what I thought was a relatively modest proposal – a one-cent sales tax on sugary drinks. In November, such a tax passed with three-quarters of the vote. To explain, this was my fl ...

December 16, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: Mayor Heads in Right Direction on Healthy Children

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2014
| (130) Comments

Sunday Commentary II: Mayor Heads in Right Direction on Healthy Children

The two stories we have done thus far on the mayor’s Healthy Children plan have delivered surprising leve ...

The two stories we have done thus far on the mayor’s Healthy Children plan have delivered surprising levels of blowback. There is a notion somehow that city government in general should only focus on ...

December 07, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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