{"id":51272,"date":"2017-03-12T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T23:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-national-alliance-for-hispanic-health-joins-friends-of-the-court-brief-in-support-of-city-of-philadelphia-sugary-drink-tax-and-healthy-communities\/"},"modified":"2017-03-12T17:26:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T21:26:02","slug":"national-alliance-for-hispanic-health-se-suma-a-escrito-amigos-de-la-corte-en-apoyo-a-impuesto-de-la-ciudad-de-filadelfia-y-las-comunidades-saludables-a-las-bebidas-azucaradas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/national-alliance-for-hispanic-health-se-suma-a-escrito-amigos-de-la-corte-en-apoyo-a-impuesto-de-la-ciudad-de-filadelfia-y-las-comunidades-saludables-a-las-bebidas-azucaradas\/","title":{"rendered":"National Alliance for Hispanic Health Joins &#8220;Friends of the Court&#8221; Brief in Support of City of Philadelphia Sugary Drink Tax and Healthy Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 10, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; &#8220;The beverage industry has pursued a strategy of legal obstruction and put profits over the health of people. I am confident that the Commonwealth Court of <span class=\"xn-location\">Pennsylvania<\/span> will rule instead in favor of the health and well-being of the residents of <span class=\"xn-location\">Philadelphia<\/span>,&#8221; said Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Jane L. Delgado<\/span>, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the nation&#8217;s leading Hispanic health advocacy group.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Alliance and a diverse group of partners filed an amicus brief with the Commonwealth Court of <span class=\"xn-location\">Pennsylvania<\/span> in support of a <span class=\"xn-money\">1.5 cents<\/span> per ounce sugary beverages tax (levied on distributors of sweetened beverages) that went into effect on <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 1, 2017<\/span>. The brief cited scientific literature on the contribution of sugary drinks to obesity and chronic disease such as diabetes, targeted marketing to youth and racial and ethnic groups, and reduction of sugary drink consumption as part of a strategy for improved community health. The brief also argues forcefully for the right of the elected members of the Philadelphia City Council to govern for the public&#8217;s health and welfare.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are proud to be on the right side of this issue for the health of all communities and families. The <span class=\"xn-location\">City of Philadelphia<\/span> sugary beverages tax is a common-sense approach to promote healthier environments for all and will serve as a model for the nation,&#8221; concluded Dr. Delgado.<\/p>\n<p>(<i><span class=\"xn-person\">Lora Jean Williams<\/span> et al. v. City of Philadelphia et al. <\/i>Docket Nos. 2077, 2078 CD 2016)<\/p>\n<p><b>The National Alliance for Hispanic Health<\/b> is the nation&#8217;s foremost science-based source of information and trusted non-partisan advocate for the best health outcomes for all. The Alliance represents thousands of Hispanic health providers across the nation providing services to more than 15 million each year. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthyamericas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.healthyamericas.org<\/a>\u00a0or call the Alliance&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-person\">Su Familia Helpline<\/span> at 1-866-783-2645, or find us on Facebook at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/healthyamericas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">healthyamericas<\/a> or on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/health4americas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">health4americas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 10, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; &#8220;The beverage industry has pursued a strategy of legal obstruction and put profits over the health of people. I am confident that the Commonwealth Court of <span class=\"xn-location\">Pennsylvania<\/span> will rule instead in favor of the health and well-being of the residents of <span class=\"xn-location\">Philadelphia<\/span>,&#8221; said Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Jane L. Delgado<\/span>, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}