The Oct. 8 Post-Bulletin carried a lead story and editorial about adding a soda tax to promote weight loss. Weight is put on when one drinks a 12-ounce can of soda pop, up to 200 calories per can.

Dear Doctors: There is some folklore that diet pop is bad for you. I gave up sugar and most carbohydrates to help with weight and A1C control, but I continued to drink diet cola. What do the actual ...

Here in the newsroom's manly pod, a sometimes cranky six-guy island of hunter-gatherer reporters, we talk fishing, football and whether diet soda causes weight gain. Male competition has evolved ...

Most people have a favorite soda they enjoy from time to time or on an everyday basis. Soda is served at almost every restaurant and is one of the most common beverages next to water and coffee. The ...