Coca-Cola's chief scientific and regulatory officer stepping down
Rhona Applebaum had helped form a group of scientists who encouraged people to focus on exercise and worry less about calories from food and beverages
New York
COCA-COLA'S top scientist is stepping down following revelations that the beverage giant initiated a strategy of funding scientific research that played down the role of Coke products in the spread of obesity.
Rhona S Applebaum, Coke's chief science and health officer, helped orchestrate the establishment of a non-profit group known as the Global Energy Balance Network.
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