02667cam a22003138i 4500 23920811 20250616094954.0 241113s2025 mau b 001 0 eng 2024024721 9780262049504 (hardcover) 9780262381789 (epub) 9780262381796 (pdf) DLC eng rda DLC eng pcc HD9349.C6 C34 2025 Carpenter, Murray, author. 25406 Sweet and deadly : how Coca-Cola spreads disinformation and makes us sick / Murray Carpenter. Cambridge : The MIT Press, 2025. 328 pages ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Prologue: sending the memo — Part I: Carb-o-nation — Part II: A balancing act, 2010–2015 — Part III: Astroturf and taxes — Part IV: Coke in court — Part V: The noose tightens — Epilogue: Coke slips the noose. How Coca-Cola makes Americans sick—and makes sure we don't know it. If we knew that Coca-Cola was among the deadliest products in our diet, would we continue drinking it in such great quantities? The Coca-Cola Company has gone to extraordinary lengths to make sure we don’t find out, as this damning exposé makes patently clear. Marshaling the findings of extensive research and deep investigative reporting, Murray Carpenter describes in Sweet and Deadly the damage Coke does to America’s health—and the remarkable campaign of disinformation conducted by the company to keep consumers in the dark. Sugar-sweetened beverages are the single item in the American diet that most contributes to the epidemic of chronic disease—in particular, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease—and Coca-Cola is America’s favorite sugar-sweetened beverage, by far. Carpenter details how the Coca-Cola corporation’s sophisticated shadow network has masterfully spread disinformation for decades to hide the health risks of its product from consumers—risks disproportionately borne by Black, brown, and low-income communities. Working from a playbook of obfuscation and pseudoscience that has worked well for other harmful products, from tobacco and trans fats to opioids, Coca-Cola has managed to maintain an aura of goodness and happiness. This eye-opening book finally and fully reveals the truth behind that aura. Provided by publisher. Coca Cola (Trademark) 25407 Cola drinks Health aspects. Selling Cola drinks. lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2025-06-12 0 HD9349.S634 CAR B07549 2025-06-12 1 2025-06-12 1 4726 4726