"Killer Cola"

Coca-colonization is seen as an American way that is now universal. Around the world, Coca-Cola is identified with the United States. Coca-Cola represents America's dominance around the globe. Coca-Cola has more than 50 country web sites, which even further spreads the Western ways worldwide.

Coca-colonization is a term formed by combining the soft drink, Coca Cola, and the word Colonization. It is a term meaning the importation of western goods-mostly from America-into the world and how this affects globalization.

Coca-Cola

The problem with coca-colonization and its globalization is that Western fast food and drinks offering low to no nutritional value are now being consumed around the world. When these unhealthy options become part of a person's diet, diseases like obesity and type-2 diabetes become an even more severe problem. These are two diseases that are controlled by diet and are two examples of the problem coca-colonization has caused across the globe.

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Obesity: Coca-Colonization

The proportion of calories coming from sweetened beverages has been relatively small until the past 50 years, when Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and other soft drinks began spreading across the globe.
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