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Thu, Nov 5, 2009 -- 5:30 PM

Doctor's Organization Makes a Deal with Coca-Cola, Stirs Controversy
Early next year, one of the nation's largest doctor's organizations will offer new advice on diet and health on its website. The content is to be sponsored by Coca-Cola, despite health research linking soda drinking and obesity. We talk to the CEO of the American Academy of Family Physicians, which has inked a six-figure deal with Coke. We also talk with a health officer who's one of about 20 physicians who have resigned from the academy in protest over the deal.

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Host: Cy Musiker

Guests:

  • Douglas Henly, senior vice president and CEO of the American Academy of Family Physicians
  • William Walker, public health officer for Contra Costa County who resigned from the academy in protest

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