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Print You wouldn’t think something so staid-sounding as the “Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025” would be controversial. But the 140-plus-page document, released late last year, has caused quite a stir among public health experts who think it hasn’t gone far enough. Praised for expanding the 2015 version to now include recommendations for infants, toddlers and pregnant and lactating women — and for using the widely accepted MyPlate approach to healthy eating — the guideline...

>> of more than 650 beverages, we now offer over 180 low and no calorie choices. >> reporter: coke reacting to a full-fledged assault on sugary sodas that include school bans, proposed taxes and an often mocked new york city effort to eliminate large sizes. >> oh, no, im on the run from johnny law. >> reporter: but many feel its no joke. after all, the average american gets 45 gallons of sugary soft drinks a year. thats 1 1/2 barrels of soda pop. in fact, sugary sodas are the single largest sour...

Car and drive off. >> they put their coffee on the top of the car and drive off. >> oh my goodness. >> check in with rick reichmuth who has done that plenty of times. >> super big gulp. >> more interested in the slurpee. >> take a look at the maps right now. big headlines going on. everybody getting ready for the thanksgiving week. severe storms moving into the south again. kind of a repeat of what we saw last week. unfortunately we will see more in tornadoes. very cold weather across the far no...