The beverage companies are putting up a fight…against obesity that is.

Thanks to Ershad Sheibani, one of my peers and a fellow graduate student in the Water INTERface program, for the head’s up about this article: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/coke-pepsi-join-war-obesity-calories-count-152853931.html. Do you think having calorie counts and suggestions for lower calorie beverage choices would impact your decision at the vending machine?

Who’s dissin’ water?

A recent blog post by Larry Cohen in the internet newspaper “The Huffington Post,” sheds light what beverage companies are trying to do with their advertising: “drive more ounces in more bodies more often.” Doesn’t sound like they really care about your health. Mr. Cohen highlights the how much sugary beverages we as a country [...]