‘Light’ sodas hike diabetes risk—study

Artificially-sweetened sodas have been linked to a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes for women than sodas sweetened with ordinary sugar, according to French research unveiled on Thursday.

Artificially-sweetened sodas have been linked to a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes for women than sodas sweetened with ordinary sugar, according to French research unveiled on Thursday.

France’s top constitutional body on Wednesday approved a new tax on sugary drinks that aims to fight obesity while giving a boost to state coffers.
SHANGHAI—American soft drinks giant Coca-Cola said Thursday it will invest $4 billion in China over the next three years, as it deepens its expansion into the world’s second-largest economy. The huge investment, starting from 2012, will follow an estimated spend of more than $3 billion in the three years to the end of 2011, the [...]