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27th November 2015
04:14pm GMT
Rhona Applebaum (Source: Bloomberg)
The group argued that Americans were concentrating too much on calories and nutrition and should be more concerned about getting enough exercise.
'After the financial connections came to light and drew criticism, the University of Colorado returned the $1 million dollars to Coca-Cola. Still, both the company and researchers said that studies were not influenced by the interests of soda sales.' (ArsTechnica)
A spokesperson for Coca-Cola told The New York Times that Applebaum, aged 61, was retiring and had made the decision in October.Explore more on these topics:
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