substantially increases the likelihood of armed conflict because our diplomatic options will have been exhausted. The president raises the possibility of military action because he has the awesome responsibility to live up to his commitment to do whatever is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. In the face of this argument, the opponents resort to character smears to avoid exposing the weakness of their position.

I have been actively engaged in our community for years, having served as chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations from 2009-2011, among many other positions. I have also known President Obama for decades. His administration has had an open door at the White House for Jewish advocates, including many who have opposed various of the president’sNHANES is a continuously running cross-sectional survey designed to monitor the health and nutritional status of the U.S. population.

The NHANES sample is carefully designed to include a selection of counties, both household segments and individual households, and sample persons from selected households. The samples also include oversampling to ensure reliable estimates of health and nutritional measures for population subgroups.

The most current figures from NHANES concerning soda consumption paint a slightly clearer picture than those of the recent Gallup poll. According to the NHANES August 2011 report Consumption of Sugar Drinks in the United States, overall, men consume an average of about 15 ounces of sugary drinks on any given day, and females consume about 8.5 ounces.

The average consumption of sugary beverages is higher in men than in woman