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The world's leading beverage maker at addressing now growing number of claims that drinking soda makes you fat.
In a new and -- -- highlights efforts to cut calories from its products.
That was -- but they -- that he's been on everything full disclosure is set to begin airing on Fox News Channel among other places tonight this advertisement.
It points out so -- isn't the only problem.
And not the only product to blame for people's weight problems.
We will continue to work with scientists and nutritionists on anything -- things like zero -- all natural sweeteners.
Beating obesity we'll take action like all of us.
One simple common sense.
All calorie skin and no matter where they come.
Including Coca-Cola and everything else -- calories and if you eat and drink more calories than you burn off -- gain weight.
-- ago in a statement -- executive says we are committed to bring people together to help fight obesity.
This is about the health and happiness of everyone who -- our products and what's great tasting -- is choice and information.
Recent studies only sugary drinks to obesity.
As well as depression.
New York City recently -- and the sale of sugary drinks.
In any -- larger than sixteen ounces and other cities are considering similar measures to let's take to the doctor doctor William -- David is with us.
-- -- David is from university hospitals case medical center.
In Cleveland -- good afternoon Rick see you again.
Good to see you I love the last line on that had he taken more calories than you burn off you will gain weight -- -- well that's how works yet I wonder what you think of of this sugary drink.
Attack that's going on here I guess part of thwarted in that.
Boy you know -- -- pediatrician so I see what happens to children's teeth as well as their obesity.
So the sugary drinks don't only.
Give them extra calories and also -- thirteen.
I just wonder what you think of this.
This is indeed beginning to get more organized against.
Budget sugary drinks and and a lot more reminders -- -- of what can happen as what do what do you think of -- movement.
Well I tell my parents look you can't think to drink water.
That's what they need plain old water and tap water not bottled water there's nothing special about bottled water.
If you read the bottle -- tell you it was either it came from some municipal water supplies somewhere.
And if it's from a spring while spring water I'm always wonder what Bambi -- doing up stream on the spring.
Let's bring water doesn't have flora.
So for children you really want them to drink plain old tap water.
Did it did to keep their -- under control your body needs water if I cut your eyes open.
In the center of it is water there's no Coca-Cola.
Cola -- -- drink in your -- you need water.
-- that sadly there there actually might be in mind.
Doctor there there a couple of their a couple of Diet Coke today and -- has become such a habit you look you look at little kids.
-- -- realize what it does to their sugar levels just beginning with that it's it's it's not good.
-- wasn't in the diet cokes are going -- up -- -- -- is going to be the ones that have the sugar in them oh.
Diet -- every day -- I don't know they're -- old -- fifty they've they've seemed to work very well -- studio B they have looked caffeine in them it's it's a nice all around good drug for work.
Well water isn't cold it's cold and wet -- -- couple coffee we'll keep you awake through so why do you need that.
I don't need it got nobody needs it but it's I'm I'm it's habit more than anything else you know there's a machine right out there it.
They actually give you two as we give away coffee and so did I guess you want everybody can't upgraded over the -- you know what I'm pretty.
It may seem to me I mean I go if you going to like -- Fast food place somebody comes -- and they buy the biggest burger on the menu and that extra large Friday and then they asked for a Diet Coke -- -- why bother.
I mean -- we've been doing.
-- you know that sugary drinks taste weird to be now that have been drinking this -- sugar all my life you know this is -- equal was just I don't know I like it.
How about plain -- water that's a great and I do the talking -- to just.
Some -- water get yourself a sports bottle you know the one that has look at what some ice cubes and it put some water and it.
I walk around with an injury -- That's a good idea thanks thanks -- you know the other this was not a planned thing and I'm sure won't last.
So I drink water the other day making got a flu shot I think she did I think she's doing making city a better example -- -- -- the water and coffee ago.
I hope she got a flu shut two to four weeks ago I'm over she didn't particularly if it's not too late I mean -- -- -- that you -- get it right.
And today is better than never right -- is always great to see you thank you -- Best of the rainbow babies.
I will and we don't let them drink Coke or Pepsi or anything else good for you that it donated thanks -- water --
