NYC mayor to propose ban on big sodas
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June 1, 2012, Friday
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NEW York City's mayor is proposing a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in the hopes of combating obesity - an expansion of efforts to encourage healthy behavior that have led to shouts that America's largest city is becoming a "nanny state."
The first-in-the-nation ban would impose a half-liter limit on sweetened drinks sold in the city's restaurants, shops and movie theaters.
Under three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York has campaigned aggressively against obesity, including outlawing trans fats in restaurant food and forcing chain restaurants to post calorie counts.
Bloomberg said on Wednesday that he "thinks it's what the public wants the mayor to do."
Critics quickly said city officials are overstepping into matters that should be left to individual consumers.
"There they go again," said Stefan Friedman, spokesman for the New York City Beverage Association. "The New York City Health Department's unhealthy obsession with attacking soft drinks is again pushing them over the top. The city is not going to address the obesity issue by attacking soda because soda is not driving the obesity rates."
But City Hall officials, citing a 2006 study, argue that such drinks are in fact the largest driver of rising obesity.
The first-in-the-nation ban would impose a half-liter limit on sweetened drinks sold in the city's restaurants, shops and movie theaters.
Under three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York has campaigned aggressively against obesity, including outlawing trans fats in restaurant food and forcing chain restaurants to post calorie counts.
Bloomberg said on Wednesday that he "thinks it's what the public wants the mayor to do."
Critics quickly said city officials are overstepping into matters that should be left to individual consumers.
"There they go again," said Stefan Friedman, spokesman for the New York City Beverage Association. "The New York City Health Department's unhealthy obsession with attacking soft drinks is again pushing them over the top. The city is not going to address the obesity issue by attacking soda because soda is not driving the obesity rates."
But City Hall officials, citing a 2006 study, argue that such drinks are in fact the largest driver of rising obesity.
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