Posted on 03/31/2015 2:13:05 PM PDT by jazusamo
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) has introduced legislation to tax caloric sweeteners in beverages as a means of reducing obesity and other health conditions among Americans.
DeLauro's bill would impose a tax of one cent per teaspoon of sweeteners like sugars and high fructose corn syrup.
Beverages made from 100 percent fruit juice, nutritional therapies and infant formula would be exempted from the tax. Milk, including rice and soy, would also not qualify.
The revenue would go toward federal research on diabetes, obesity, tooth decay and other dietary health conditions.
DeLauro, who serves as the top Democrat on the House Appropriations subcommittee overseeing the Department of Health and Human Services, argued her proposal would discourage high sugar counts in beverages while funding research to help prevent health conditions caused by poor diets.
"There is a clear relationship between sugar-sweetened beverages and a host of health conditions, including diabetes, heart disease, obesity and tooth decay. We are at a crucial tipping point," DeLauro said in a statement.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that about 78.6 million, or more than 30 percent, of American adults are obese, and about 17 percent of children ages two to 19 years suffer from obesity.
Many studies have found correlations between diets high in sugar and increased health risks. A 2014 study found that excess sugar intake significantly increased the risk of heart disease, even among people who are not obese. The study's authors noted that sweetened beverages constituted about 37 percent of the added sugar in Americans' diets.
DeLauro previously introduced the measure in the last Congress, but it did not receive legislative action.
There should be a tax on Democrats.
Let them. Do it. Please.
Tax the bejezus out of these things.
Democrat voters will be most affected.
The lovely Rosa strikes again.
The EXEMPT will deem glucose as a toxin, like CO2,
and eventually water and oxygen, and TAX everyone
(except themselves, of course, again).
Did Rosa usta be “Ross”?
People with Bulimia nervosa telling us what to eat
Democrat strategist/pollster Stan Greenberg is actually married to that.
Where are my dark glasses,the ones I made from the welding mask.
Will there be a tax as they are putting people in the ovens?
Yeah....Right.....
Stop waxing her lip and she's Gomez Adams with a scowl.
Who sells more sugar water than Coke ?
Wendy Clark was at Coca-Cola as North American marketing chief and on Hillary Clinton’s expected presidential campaign. Revolving door.
The CEO of Coca Cola, Muhtar Kent is a Muslim, a top Amnesty and Democrat party supporter.
LOL! It would take those kinda lenses.
She appears to have been drinking unsweetened lemon juice.
She appears to have been drinking unsweetened lemon juice.
Its going to go nowhere.
She can keep her grubby hands off MUH SODA!
If she doesn’t care for it, that’s her business.
The artificai stuff does just as much damage. And if the “real” stuff is so bad STOP SUBSIDIZING IT!
Switch over from embalming fluid? NEVER!!
Looks like what is left over after the mummy does his regenerate thingy.
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