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>> REPORTER:IN THE BAY AREA,
A PROPOSAL TO TAX SODA AND
OTHER SWEETENED DRINKS IS
SET TO BE INTRODUCED TODAY.
>> REPORTER:OFFICIALS ARE
TALKING AGAIN ABOUT BY
TAXING SODA AND OTHER
SWEETENED DRINKS.
>> REPORTER:FOUR SAN
FRANCISCO LAWMAKERS WOULD
LIKE TO IMPOSE A 2 CENT-PER-
OUNCE TAX ON SOFT, SPORTS
AND ENERGY DRINKS. IF PASSED
BY THE FULL 11-MEMBER BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS, THE MEASURE
WOULD GO BEFORE LOCAL VOTERS
FOR APPROVAL OR REJECTION IN
NOVEMBER.
>> PAM: NEW AT SIX.
>> PAM: TOO MUCH SUGAR COULD
KILL YOU.
THAT IS WHAT A NEW NATIONAL
STUDY JUST SAID.
KRON 4'S JUSTINE WALDMAN
TALKED WITH AN DOCTOR TO
FIND OUT WHAT IS THE RIGHT
AMOUT OF SUGAR TO EAT. IF
ANY.
>> REPORTER:SUGAR - SO
SWEET. BUT IT IS DOING NASTY
THINGS TO YOUR BODY. IT
COULD BE DEADLY.
>>SOT I THINK THE EVIDENCE
IS BECOMING OVERWHELMING
THAT SUGAR HAS REALLY BAD
NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS
>> REPORTER:PEDIATRICIAN
LOUSIE GREENSPAN WORKS AT
KAISER. SHE TELLS ME THE
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JUST
PUBLISHED A STUDY WARNING
THAT EATING TOO MUCH SUGAR
MIGHT KILL YOU.
>> REPORTER:THE MORE SUGAR
YOU EAT THE MORE LIKELY YOU
ARE TO DIE OF A FATAL HEART
ATTACK
>> REPORTER:DR. GREENSPAN
SAYSEATING TOO MUCH SUGAR
INCREASES INFLAMMATION AND
WHEN THAT HAPPENS IN BLOOD
VESSELS, THEY CAN CLOSE
DOWN. CAUSING HEART FAILURE.
>> REPORTER:THE RISK IS FROM
SUGAR ADDED TO FOODS - LIKE
COOKIES, CANDY AND SODA.
SUGAR FOUND NATURALLY IN
FRUITS IS FINE.
>> REPORTER:THE STUDY POINTS
OUT THE CHANCE OF DYING
PREMATURELY FROM HEART
PROBLEMS IS NEARLY THREE
TIMES GREATER FOR THOSE WHO
EAT TOO MUCH ADDED SUGAR
THAN THOSE WHO DO NOT.
>> REPORTER:SOT YOU CAN HAVE
A COOKIE YOU CAN HAVE
DESSERT ONCE A DAY THE
PROBLEM IS THEY ARE HAVING
SUGAR CEREAL THEY ARE HAVING
DESSERT THREE TIMES A DAY
THAT IS THE ISSUE