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"Well, ick. New York City&amp;#039;s Department of Health is going after the soft drink industry with a vengeance and the results are, um, unpleasant to say the least.  Concerned about numbers of New York City teens who say they drink at least one soda everyday (a figure which averaged a little less than 25 percent for those kids in all the city&amp;#039;s boroughs), as well as possible links to rates of diabetes, obesity, and heart disease, the city&amp;#039;s health department has launched an ad campaign which is raising eyebrows and turning stomachs.  &amp;quot;Are you pouring on the pounds?&amp;quot; a poster asks. The illustration that accompanies it shows a bottle of what looks suspiciously like Coca Cola being poured into a glass. The catch? The fizzy caramel colored liquid morphs into a pile of fat replete with bright red blood vessels, oozing over the edge of the glass. Ah, the pause that refreshes.  Just in case you have a strong stomach and aren&amp;#039;t affected by the photos, conveniently, there&amp;#039;s an extra disgusting video, too. Needless to say, not everyone is thrilled about this. The CEO of Coca Cola, Muhtar Kent, has written a sternly worded, largely silly open letter to the Wall Street Journal, stating &amp;quot;\u2026while obesity rates have skyrocketed, sales of regular soft drinks decreased by nearly 10% from 2000 to 2008, according to the industry publication Beverage Digest.&amp;quot; In what was apparently an oversight, Kent doesn&amp;#039;t mention the notable increase in the size of soft drinks over that same period.  Tap water, anyone? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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