An article in The New York Times reveals an internal e-mail dispute involving New York City health commissioner, Dr. Thomas A. Farley, and his subordinates. The debate appears to be over the claims made in the Pouring on the Pounds ad campaign, which shows “a young man sucking down fat from a can as it dribbles down his chin.� According to reporter, Anemona Hartocollis, the “unusually candid emails� show that even the city’s chief nutritionist may have questioned the “scientific validity of directly linking sugar consumption to gaining weight,� which is the premise of the anti-soda ad campaign.

To learn more about what the emails revealed, read the original article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/nyregion/29fat.html?partner=rss&emc=rss