02706cam a22003138i 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200031000840200026001150200025001410400023001660410008001890420008001970500024002051000039002292450102002682640039003703000022004095040051004315050233004825201462007156500033021776500033022106500026022439420008022699520100022779990015023772392081120250616094954.0241113s2025    mau      b    001 0 eng    a  2024024721  a9780262049504q(hardcover)  z9780262381789q(epub)  z9780262381796q(pdf)  aDLCbengerdacDLC  aeng  apcc00aHD9349.C6bC34 2025  aCarpenter, Murray,eauthor.92540610aSweet and deadly b: how Coca-Cola spreads disinformation and makes us sick c/ Murray Carpenter. 1aCambridge :bThe MIT Press,c2025.  a328 pages ; 24 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aPrologue: 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.  aHow 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.cProvided by publisher. 0aCoca Cola (Trademark)925407 0aCola drinksxHealth aspects. 0aSellingxCola drinks.  2lcc  00102lcc4070aTBSbTBSd2025-06-12l0oHD9349.S634 CARpB07549r2025-06-12t1w2025-06-12y1  c4726d4726