Coca-Cola sued for downplaying health risks of sugary drink
Source: Business Standard, Date: , 2017
Business
Standard, New Delhi, Jan 6, 2017: Coca-Cola Co and the American Beverage
Association trade group were sued on Wednesday for allegedly misleading
consumers about the health risks from consuming sugary beverages. The nonprofit
Praxis Project accused the defendants of downplaying the risks to boost sales,
despite scientific evidence linking sugary beverages to obesity, diabetes and
cardiovascular disease. Praxis accused both defendants of using euphemisms such
as “balance” and “calories in, calories out” to mislead consumers, and
Coca-Cola, the world’s largest beverage company, of trying to mislead the
public into thinking a lack of exercise was the real cause of obesity.