Supersize my Soda? No thanks. It's illegal!

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Comment by Bill Kennedy on June 1, 2012 at 8:00am

Comment by Bill Kennedy on June 1, 2012 at 5:02am

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Comment by Kelley Woods on June 1, 2012 at 3:58am

Ridiculous! The emperor needs some new clothes! It's clearly a ploy to gain political publicity. It would be far more effective to spend the time, money and energy on an educational campaign that includes drawing attention to the hidden sugars and other toxins in processed food stuffs...or encouraging programs to help people get off the couch!

More freedoms being whittled away...

Comment by Michael Ellner on May 31, 2012 at 6:51pm

Hi Barry and Bill,

Speaking as a NYer - NY city and state are suffering from health hysteria

My Yogi loved to say: "In theory, theory and practice are the same, in practice they are not"  Sure the evidence and common sense tells us that large portions promote larger intake of these toxic  beverages, however the ban would not stop some one from purchasing two of the smaller size beverages. Besides, if the goal was truly about promoting health and avoiding health problems they would have restricted diet soda's as well!

Daily diet soda tied to higher heart attack risk - Health - Diet and nutrition - msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41479869/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/t...

http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/12/12/8-dangers-of-diet-soda/

FYI - NY State just announced they will not enforce their outdoor smoking bans in parks and beaches due to the threat of law suits from smokers rights groups 

Comment by Bill Kennedy on May 31, 2012 at 5:09pm

To your point, the manufacturers of tobacco products have been sued by governments over the resulting increased health care costs.  Why not soda manufacturers?

Comment by Barry Neale on May 31, 2012 at 11:14am

Actually I think it is a good idea, and they should extend that to the huge great buckets of popcorn that they sell in movie theaters.

Regardless of what people think, when they are given large portions of food/liquids they consume far more than they would do normally.

There have been a number of studies that have proved this theory

it you doubt this read the book Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath.

When i was kid I was more than satisfied with a small glass bottle of coke!

You can't rely on the vendors/manufacturers to address this problem. I am all for people taking responsibily for their own actions but the facts are that many people don't.

regards

barry

 

Comment by H.Y.P.N.O.S.I.S. on May 31, 2012 at 10:34am

After reading the article, what do you say to this part?

"The sale of any cup or bottle of sweetened drink larger than 16 fluid ounces — about the size of a medium coffee, and smaller than a common soda bottle — would be prohibited under the first-in-the-nation plan, which could take effect as soon as next March.

The measure would not apply to diet sodas, fruit juices, dairy-based drinks like milkshakes, or alcoholic beverages; it would not extend to beverages sold in grocery or convenience stores."

This sounds more like a marketing ploy rather than an effective plan to help others.

Comment by Marc Carlin on May 31, 2012 at 9:48am

another feeble attempt to legislate values.  focus should be on education changing the choices of the population through social pressure.  

Try outing and ostracizing the heads of corporations that manufacture unhealthy products.  How about in addition to ingredient lists we place the list of the chemists who formulated the recipe with their name and contact information?  This might seem kind of dangerous, but why should we protect these people when they obviously are killing so many innocents?  Maybe they need to be in protective custody (prison).  Might be cheaper to house these criminals chemists rather than pay the medical bills of so many.

Switch the burden of chronic disease to the manufacturers of products of ill health rather than working citizens.

Of course I'm just kidding, J. Edgar...