Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) has launched a new campaign to educate the public about why consuming sugar-loaded drinks -- including soda, sweetened coffee and tea, and even sports drinks -- can be harmful to your health and lead to obesity, heart disease, and diabetes.  

Click on the logo above, or visit www.rethinkyourdrinknow.com to learn more and pledge to Rethink Your Drink!

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who attended the "Rethink Your Drink" Symposium on Wednesday, April 25, 2012.  The event, which was hosted by the Illinois Public Health Institute and the American Heart Association, was a huge success.  The standing-room only crowd of nearly 200 doctors, nurses, dentists, health coaches, and other healthcare professionals learned about the dangers of excessive consumption of sugar-loaded drinks and explored clinical approaches to reducing sugar loaded beverage consumption and changes in policy and environmental change that could reduce consumption.  

Visit out "News Room" for coverage of the event and an announcement from a Chicago-area hospital system that is so concerned about the negative health effects of consuming sugar-loaded drinks, that it is voluntarily removing soda from its dining room and vending machines.

About IAPO: The Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity (IAPO) is a statewide coalition comprised of a broad range of stakeholders working for a state-level response to the obesity epidemic.  The IAPO works to shape and advance solutions to reverse dangerous obesity trends. IAPO supporters believe that Illinois must respond to the obesity epidemic by developing coordinated policy, systems, and environmental changes with investment on the scale of the problem.  The Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity was launched and is coordinated by the Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI).