The Wait of the Nation and The Wait of the Nation 2 or How Bain Capital and Mitt Romney enter the obesity debate

The wait of the nation is an article published on May 24 by Sherifd in Crunk Feminist Collective about the Weight of the Nation documentary.
Interestingly it was republished (in part) in The Root and I came upon it by searching for soft drinks. The Root editors add at the bottom that this article does not represent their opinion... Even more interesting is a second article published on July 16, The wait of the nation 2 that revisits the issues with an investigative twist implicating Bain Capital whose very profitable "health" subsidiaries are targeted in a Salon's investigation.

How to talk/write about obesity in the black community without mentioning soft drinks once

The Root has been publishing a series of interviews and articles about obesity in black americans and recently a conference in DC. What is amazing is that I could not find any reference in any of the contributions to soft drinks or sugary beverages: none. Any explanation? Marion Nestle wonders about influential sponsors. I do too. This post addresses the way the industry has especially and very effectively targeted the black (and hispanic) communities. It refers to an opinion piece published in the advertising magazine Ad Age that salutes such "smart marketing". Disgusting. One more reason for a Surgeon General's report... more explicit than the paper on Oral Health, The Silent Epidemic where Regina only mentioned "lowering sucrose intake, reducing acidic beverage consumption"...