Is Government Going Too Far in Regards To What American's Consume??
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloombergplans to propose a far-reaching municipal ban on sales of large-size sugary beverages by restaurants, mobile food carts, movie theaters and delis, his administration said on Wednesday.
A document outlining the proposal said it was aimed at fighting an epidemic of obesity, citing public health statistics showing that 58 percent of New York City adults and nearly 40 percent of city public school students are obese or overweight.
The proposal defines sugary drinks as beverages that are "sweetened with sugar or another caloric sweetener that contain more than 25 calories per 8 fluid ounces and contains less than 51 percent milk or milk substitute by volume as an ingredient."
It would impact drinks sold in containers larger than 16 ounces, but would not impact the sale of diet soda or dairy-based drinks.
Americans consume 200 to 300 more calories every day than they did 30 years ago, according to theBloomberg administration's analysis.
Bloomberg has used the power of the city government to promote other health measures, including a campaign to cut down on salt and a ban on trans fats in restaurant food, as well as a requirement that chain restaurants display calorie counts.
In 2003, the city banned smoking in bars and restaurants, generating howls of protest at the time from smokers and non-smokers who saw it as a case of government creeping into private lives, but the law has since become widely accepted.
Bloomberg, a political independent, is in the middle of his third four-year term as New York City mayor.
The response to Bloomberg's public health initiatives have been mixed. Earlier this month, a Quinnipiac University poll found that 45 percent of New York voters thought the government should discourage unhealthy eating and drinking habits, while 48 percent said the government shouldn't get involved.
Still, many of those initiatives, including the smoking ban, have become models for other cities.
Wasting food and not having enough for homeless individuals is a much better idea than feeding people with food the city hasn't "cleared"... I will never understand this.
Try lowering the price of healthy food instead! I would definitly eat better if that happened I mean hell I have a bunch of recipes I would love to make but can't cuz I can't afford it. Junk food is just more affordable and THAT is crazy.
And an excellent visual on your part.
Government has invaded our lives to the point where the Overlords even tell us how to take a crap.
NO. that is *NOT* an "exaggeration" or "Hyperbolically"!
Want proof? Go out and try to buy a High-Flow toilet.
Then you have people who actually *WANT* Government to have even *MORE* control of their lives and bodies! ("Give us free birth control! Deem BAAAD Republicans have wage a war on women! Expecting *US* to pay for what we want!!!")
USE your VOICE or LOSE your VOICE so your (children)DAUGHTER'S have a VOICE and FREEDOM of CHOICE!
I thought the REPUBLICAN'S want LESS government in our lives not MORE!
There's a cap on the size of your cokes.
Mayor Bloomberg's endeavor
Is healthy, however,
You can still buy a carton of smokes.
Big Brother Bloomberg Battling the Bulge By Banning Biggie-Sized Beverages
http://headlinelimericks.blog...
They react in the same way the US always does when types of substance abuse is the issue.
It doesn’t matter if it is about alcohol, tobacco, the war on drugs and now the “war” on obesity.
Ban it by law, but in doing so it will go “underground” and out of any control.
It is not that they address these issues; it is the way how they do it!
Educate people about what is healthy!
Make it fun, let people taste, experimenting with food.
Give them choices in healthy foods and drinks.
Make the sizes meals and drinks smaller.
This won’t help at all!
They tried that in some markets already, people just order two of them now.
Not because somebody says that we shouldn't or something; there just not there.
What can you do if people do that what you are writing here?
Cutting down is in essence more difficult as having to cutting down on something you never had.
It's like somebody that smokes. I don't smoke. A smoker will say to me: Good of you!
It is not an effort for me to not smoke, because I never started to smoke.
For a heavy smoker to cut down, that is difficult.
Smaller plates do not equal smaller appetites, they equal more servings. Smaller servings of soda is a joke in America. At most places in America, the refills are free anyway. If people are going to lose weight it is going to be because of personal choices, not government regulations.
Yes, they go too far!
They react in the same way the US always does when types of substance abuse is the issue.
It doesn’t matter if it is about alcohol, tobacco, the war on drugs and now the “war” on obesity.
Ban it by law, but in doing so it will go “underground” and out of any control."
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As I understand the last 20 years the food/drink portions in general in the US have become bigger than before.
Why the US need for bigger, fatter, sweeter etc.?
Maybe it could explain something about what the underlying thought behind this need for more is!
Giving us a smaller glass is not going to make us want any less. It just means waiters are going to be getting more refills and you are constantly going to have someone walking in front of you at the theater.
I agree, it has gone too far. Someone needs to put their foot down, square on Bloomberg's throat, and not let up till he learns his lesson. We are adults, we don't need a nanny government to make our decisions for us.
If Liberal Bloomberg really cared about his constituents health. He would instead have free health/nutrition and exercise programs in any public venue. Instead, he wants to 'ban' things, cuz it's an easy way to generate city revenue.