Soda & Diabetes - The Link is Clear
Despite the Soda Industry’s claims that reducing intake of soda wouldn’t necessarily decrease diabetes rates (and that taxing soda would cause people to turn to high fat foods instead of high sugar foods. crazy), the connection between soda consumption and diabetes is clear as day. The soda companies push “moderation”, but the average American consumes 50 gallons (!!!) of soda per year, which is so totally far from moderate. These companies may say they endorse moderation, but you’d be hard pressed to find evidence of that, with sodas in litterally every food establishment on the planet, and even plenty of non-food establishments (drug stores, book stores, etc), and with price points far below almost every healthier option.
But seeing is believing when it comes to the soda and diabetes connection thanks to a new government online interactive food atlas. There’s all kinds of amazing correlations that can be made from glancing at these maps, but my favorites are the Soda Consumption Per Capita vs. Adult Diabetes Rates. Can’t really dispute that soda giants!
Soda Consumption Per Captita:
Compared to Adult Diabetes Rates:
These maps are pretty incredible… especially that little donut shaped cutout in northern Georgia, where both soda consumption and diabetes are significantly lower than anywhere else in the state. And to illustrate the importance of famers markets and the accessibility to local farm fresh produce the following graphs compare the number of farms with direct to consumer sales versus adult obesity rates:
Number of Farms with Direct to Consumer Sales:
Versus Adult Obesity Rates:
March 16th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
apparently hawaii and alaska aren’t part of the united states.
March 16th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
yeah, sorry about that! I’ll notify the USDA