The surge in obesity levels globally – worldwide obesity has nearly tripledsince 1975, according to the World Health Organization — is causing food and health companies to scramble for ways to battle the glut and the gut.
Hold up, diet soda drinkers. Regular consumption of soft drinks — both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened — was associated with a greater risk of all causes of death, according to research published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine.