Big Food Watch

Taxing soda and sugar

Abstract

Marion Nestle, author of Soda Politics, writes: Now is the time to build on success. Let's advocate even more forcefully for food systems that promote consumption of foods and drinks that are healthy for people and for the planet.  This means building a movement to stop food companies from marketing junk foods to kids and using their political power to influence elections and regulations that might reduce sales of their products. It means working with other advocacy groups to reform laws governing corporations so that they can be held accountable, The success so far in the soda wars, is reason enough for gain courage to take on these challenges.