Yup... water is AWFUL in a lot of places in Mexico... but not everywhere. I DO drink from the faucet now and then, and I haven't died yet.... yet my brother is one of those that, if it's not some sort of soft drink, or milk, he won't drink it.

I suppose you could try Milk or Fruit Juice..

Or does the fact that it is meant to teach kids how to avoid obesity negate the obesity inducing effeects of a video game sponsered by a soft drink company?

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we are a country of soda drinkers, while most mexicans wont get sick from drinking the water, its certainly discoraged cause our public water has huge chlorine contents so it tastes kinda funny, most of us buy water bottles like the ones you find in office water fountains.

we also consume cookies like they are going out of style.

I am mexican. I figure it'd be best to post my opinion on the matter, and some of the things that happen here concerning this case.

For some reason, we're one of the countries that consume the most soda in the world. It's worrying enough that people here spend more on beer than on milk. Part of the issue is that the poorer part of our country knows nothing better, and with the lack of education in health matters and the cost of other things, it's part of our culture (even if a bad one). We also have to include that schools here consider cheaper just to sell processed products to children.

Me? I drink more water. BY FAR. I only drink a soda once every month because I know it's unhealthy as hell and about the damage it can cause if that's pretty much the only thing you get to drink.

Morally, I think what they're doing is right. If you're the leader of a company that is in part responsible for the harm done to people, it's best if you spend some of it to repair the damage you have caused. However, I don't think this act's impact will be as big.

I am also in Mexico (Monterrey) and I'm also a water drinker... either that, milk or the Arizona Green Tea. However, I have never been afraid or sick of drinking tap water, who knows, maybe I have a strong stomach?

If there's no water bottle as Absinthe described, I do go and take some tap water.

Absinthe, cookies? I personally prefer salty junk food than sweet... then again, that's just me.

David Delgado is also right. I think us three mexicans that jumped up to comment in this thread are in any of the most educated parts of the country. We are lucky ones, most definitely (or at least I am, I don't want to speak for the rest) so we know how to stay healthy. It's pretty sad what you see on the streets some times...

@ Those discussing the price of soda compared to other drinks

Soda is so cheap because the ingredients are mostly artificial or are ingredients that are readily available. It also has a long shelf life (years)

Milk on the otherhand comes from cows. Each cow can produce about 2-4 gallons of milk a day. Each cow needs to be cared for, fed, and hooked up to milk machines. There is a lot to do to even get the milk. It then needs to be processed to seperate the milk from the cream. It als oneeds to be homogenized and pasterized. Milk is mostly a limited renuable resource with a short shelf life. (days)

Fruit Juice comes from fruit (go figure) that needs to be raised and cared for. It is seasonal so is not readily available all year round except in certain climates. It also needs to be pressed and pasterized. It also competes with the whole fruit industry as well. While it has a similar shelf life to soda, it is still more costly to produce.

So it is no wonder that soda is the more popular choice for people in certain circumstances. So it is not viable for people in certain regions of mexico to replace their soda consumption with milk or juice.

"It isn’t about whether soda is good or bad for you."

Of course you don't want it to be that, because then Pepsi looks bad.

But instead of providing Pepsi and Mt. Dew to schools, as you are undoubtedly doing in some parts of the country, why not provide them your own bottled watter, Aquafina, instead?

Ace you are actually correct. plus, and this is a guess, most mexicans think of flavorless 500ml bottle of water for 10 pesos

MonkeyPeaches Said: "didn’t Pepsi blame video games for childhood obesity?"

I recall seeing something like that on GameCulture...right after a quote about how you can't blame obesity on any one cause because it's just too complex.

Perhaps the blogger was creatively quoting for the lols.

We have all kinds of that kind of stuff... for example, where I work, we have a water cooler and we drink from there, at my house, we have a tiny filter that is always connected to the faucet, so we get clean water just as Just Chris describes it.

However, in the middle of the night, if I´m too thirsty, I just go to my bathroom and drink from the faucet... yes, in the middle of the night I´m THAT lazy.

And still I haven´t had any kind of stomach sickness at all... except when I eat obscene quantities of spicy food...

However I have to admit I live in a high-middle class neighborhood in one of Mexico's most wealthy cities, so again, I have not had a real chance at seeing something worse than how my home is (which isn't bad at all).

nice idea diane, still ive been to tiny towns in Mexico where the water is brown, lets just say coke was my best friend there, funny considering coke is black :P

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