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So, in New York, about a year or so ago, Mayor Bloomberg had a plan to limit the size of sugary drinks (soda) to curtail the obesity epidemic. Coca Cola, in their efforts to save their profits, has taken the offensive by saying that Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal has no scientific evidence proving a connection between