A study has found that Coca Cola and Pepsi have spent millions of dollars in donations to US public health and medical organisations that are fighting the nation’s obesity epidemic.
But after receiving the donations, several declined to support a tax on sugary drinks.
Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from Washington DC.
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