Ex-Olympian under fire for soda ad

Published February 19, 2014 7:10pm ET



THE HILL – Michelle Kwan shouldn’t be allowed to do advertisements for Coca-Cola while sitting on a presidential fitness and nutrition council, a leading healthcare nonprofit said Wednesday.

The D.C.-based Center for Science in the Public Interest lambasted the Obama administration over the former Olympic figure skater’s ad, arguing that allowing her to endorse the sugary drink undermined the integrity of President Obama’s Council on Fitness, Nutrition and Sports.

“The President’s Council is one of the premier platforms the federal government has for promoting its official advice on nutrition,” CSPI Director Jim O’Hara sad in a statement.

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