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Pro, con arguments on proposed NY sugary drink ban
Yahoo News ^ | July 24, 2012 | Samantha Gross

Posted on 07/25/2012 8:54:09 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

NEW YORK (AP) — Medical professionals who favor a proposed ban on large-sized sugary drinks likened soda companies to Big Tobacco at a public hearing Tuesday, saying the plan would protect the public, while opponents accused the city of playing Big Brother and wondered what tasty but unhealthy foods might be targeted next.

New York City's health board heard hours of testimony on a proposed rule that would limit soft-drink cup and bottle sizes at food service establishments to no larger than 16 ounces.

Medical experts spared no rhetoric in hailing Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal as a way to protect the public from a soft-drink industry they said pushes carbonated calories on children and employs the same well-financed lobbying tactics as Big Tobacco.

One doctor said before the hearing that the calorie-packed beverages increase the risk of diabetes, and are responsible for a big share of the "massive suffering and premature death" linked to obesity.

"Soda in large amounts is metabolically toxic," said Walter Willett, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. "It's obvious that this is the right thing to do."

A 20-ounce bottle of Coca-Cola has roughly the same calorie count as a McDonald's hamburger, but Kelly Brownell, a psychology, epidemiology and public health professor at Yale University, said it is easier to over-drink than over-eat.

"You don't feel as full when you consume calories in liquids," he said. "These beverages are the single greatest source of added sugar in the American diet."

Critics ridiculed the idea that city officials should regulate portion sizes.

City Councilman Daniel Halloran III called the proposal a "feel-good placebo" that would hurt profit margins at small businesses while failing to improve anyone's health.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: antitobaccoscam; bloominidiotberg; bullystate; diabetes; health; healthboard; hearing; michaelbloomberg; nannystate; newyorkcity; nutrition; obesity; scam; sodaban; softdrinks
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1 posted on 07/25/2012 8:54:19 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Eric Blair 2084; SheLion; Gabz; Hank Kerchief; 383rr; libertarian27; traviskicks; bamahead; CSM; ...

Nanny State PING!


2 posted on 07/25/2012 8:56:44 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Obama should change his campaign slogan to "Yes, we am!" Sounds as stupid as his administration is.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Oh BTW, nanny lovers need to remember that when you go after one group eventually it will come around to you....First it was smokers....now it is soda drinkers and tonight I heard on Fox News that Bloomy is going after alcoholic beverages.....who is next after that? I don’t think anybody is safe. Safe to see America going down this road.


3 posted on 07/25/2012 8:57:35 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

There is no “pro” argument for this ban. IT’S NONE OF THE GOVERNMENT’S FLIPPIN BUSINESS!


4 posted on 07/25/2012 8:58:21 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Without the Second Amendment, the other twenty-six will cease to exist.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Bingo!


5 posted on 07/25/2012 9:00:54 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: napscoordinator

Don’t you mean SAD to see America going down this road?


6 posted on 07/25/2012 9:01:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Obama should change his campaign slogan to "Yes, we am!" Sounds as stupid as his administration is.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Why not just raise taxes on all food and reduce the consumption to make people skinny? We could go back to food rationing like WWII. It works in Europe..food is so expensive that people are skinny,,plus they must walk more because the poor don’t have cars. Then increase the cost of energy so that people are colder in winter and burn more calories..like Europe.
If all that doesn’t work..eliminate food stamps because the poor are the ones who tend to be fatter anyway. Eliminate free school lunch..because the kids who get them are fat. I could go on.


7 posted on 07/25/2012 9:04:13 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Part of the American ideal is the right to be left alone, and to have commerce with like-minded individuals and businesses in an environment of non-interference by the state.

These idiotic, arbitrarily authoritarian social engineers are un-American at their core, and they don't even realize it. However well-meaning they may be, they have become blinded by their own arrogance and conceit.

This nanny-state mentality must be rebuked wherever and whenever it appears, and its enablers repudiated as the anti-patriotic petty Tyrants that they are...

8 posted on 07/25/2012 9:08:15 PM PDT by sargon (I don't like the sound of these "boncentration bamps")
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To: Oldexpat

We’re fixing to get a dose of that.
Soured corn for hunting deer has gone from $4 a sack to $10 a sack in just a few months.

That’s the stuff we toss on the ground for critters.

Beef is down at the moment because ranchers are selling off their herds as they cant afford to feed them


9 posted on 07/25/2012 9:09:25 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Big Brother, looking out for you, whether you like it or not.


10 posted on 07/25/2012 9:13:04 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The right thing is not always the popular thing)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Thanks for the ping!


11 posted on 07/25/2012 9:18:45 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; xzins

They are coming for your donuts and cookies.

They will outlaw Cinnabons and close all of them down.

They will outlaw candy shops.

They will outlaw Vente Frappacinos.

They will outlaw 1/2 pound burritos.

They will outlaw double cheeseburgers.

They will outlaw large fries.

They will outlaw onion rings.

They will outlaw fried chicken and gravy.

They will outlaw dumplings.

They will outlaw pancake houses.

They will outlaw 5 pound boxes of sugar.

They will outlaw extra value meals.

They will prohibit “double sizing” any meal.

They will outlaw chocolate fudge everything.

They will outlaw chocolate covered macadamia nuts.

They will outlaw chocolate shakes and malts.

They will outlaw bacon.

It’s for your own good.

Submit.

Resistance is Futile.

You shall be assimilated.


12 posted on 07/25/2012 9:21:39 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

No different from banning beer! Any argument to the contrary is sophistry.


13 posted on 07/25/2012 9:32:27 PM PDT by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: P-Marlowe; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Alamo-Girl

I am the conservative who dares to ask: Why does no one want to outlaw tofu?!!!

Especially FRIED tofu!

:>)


14 posted on 07/25/2012 9:33:13 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

You can choose to murder a baby in the womb, but you can’t choose the size of the soda you want to drink.


15 posted on 07/25/2012 9:33:13 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

“Big Brother” in this case being physically a runt!


16 posted on 07/25/2012 9:33:42 PM PDT by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: sargon

AGREED!!!


17 posted on 07/25/2012 9:34:05 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: mass55th

Bloom,berg WANTS you to kill the baby, but not to “kill” the drink!


18 posted on 07/25/2012 9:35:19 PM PDT by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: xzins

Tofu kills.

People who like it are already dead.


19 posted on 07/25/2012 9:35:33 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
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To: P-Marlowe

“They will outlaw chocolate fudge everything.”

Fudge packing causes AIDS which is a costly and often deadly disease. Think of all the lives they could save if they outlawed that.


20 posted on 07/25/2012 9:36:02 PM PDT by running_dog_lackey
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