Nearly 1.8 million New Yorkers have diabetes.
NYS Health Foundation CEO James R. Knickman Pens Op-ed on Soda Tax for NY Daily News
September 15, 2009
James R. Knickman, President and CEO of the NYS Health Foundation, which funds the NYS Diabetes Campaign, wrote an opinion piece advocating a tax on high-calorie fruit drinks, nondiet sodas, and other sugar-sweetened beverages that increase the risk for obesity and diabetes . Read it on the New York Daily News website here.
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