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At a conference on sugar and other sweeteners [6], medicine and epidemiology professor Adam Drewnowski challenged the World Health Organization's characterization of soft drinks as "energy-dense foods." He said that soft drinks' "high water content gives them the energy density of fresh carrots." Oldways Preservation & Exchange Trust [7], a think tank on food issues, organized the conference, which was sponsored by Coca-Cola's Beverage Institute for Health and Wellness [8] and co-sponsored by four sweetener manufacturers. Oldways' president explained, "If you want to deal with a serious problem, you have to try to get as much information as you can. Who knows more about this than Coca-Cola?"
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/health/food-safety
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/corporations
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/science
[5] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2004%2F10%2F2997%2Fcomparing-coke-and-carrots-cokes-tab&linkname=Comparing%20Coke%20and%20Carrots%20%28on%20Coke%27s%20Tab%29
[6] http://www.prwatch.org/spin.php?date=September%202004#1095825605
[7] http://www.oldwayspt.org/
[8] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Beverage_Institute_for_Health_%26_Wellness
[9] http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109838149664752057,00.html?mod=mm%5Fmedia%5Fmarketing%5Fhs%5Fleft