Major soda makers pledge to cut calories consumed by 20% by 2025. Consumer demand has risen for diet beverages. To cut calories, soda makers are using artificial and natural sweeteners.

A new report from the USDA, via The Atlantic, examines the potential effect of a soda tax as a possible obesity curb.. Not surprisingly, since you wouldn’t expect a government agency to say that ...

These Charts Show How Companies Can't Make Diet Soda Taste As Good As Regular . ... The shift has companies like Pepsi and Coca-Cola racing to find natural sweeteners that are also low-calorie.

On Tuesday, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Dr Pepper Snapple Group came close to that by announcing a shared goal to reduce the number of beverage calories consumed per person nationally by 20% by 2025.

Soda, of course, isn’t the only high-calorie stuff we consume, and reducing consumption of sugared soft drinks isn’t necessarily the cure for obesity rates.

That allows you to find your personal energy beverage sweet spot—say, 150 calories and lots of caffeine, or almost no calories and just a soda's worth of the temporary boost—and also see the ...

As for added fats and sugars, their 2008 levels reached 459 and 641, respectively, for a total of 1,100 calories. That’s a 35 percent jump over the 1970 level — and represents 41 percent of ...

The chart shows how many calories an average American child or adult gets from each food group every day. For example, pizza, on average, supplies about 136 calories per day to American children ...

The first ad, called "Coming Together," says consuming too many calories of any kind, from soda or other sources, leads to weight gain. "All calories count. No matter where they come from.

Feb. 9, 2011— -- New research that links diet soda consumption with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke has doctors urging caution about the controversial and preliminary results.

Doctors and scientists say they have reason to be concerned about soda consumption in the... Soda tax linked to reduced consumption, calories SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Soda makers want to cut the number of calories you’re drinking each year. The big three – Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper – have all pledged to reduce the number of beverage calories Americans are ...