[Finny]

"With 1-in-3 children overweight or obese in the United States, it no longer makes sense to include sugary beverages in restaurant meals for young children," the letter said.

Huh??

"No longer makes sense ..."?????

It was always stupid and lazy, sorry. You don't need a college degree to figure out that making your main hydration source carbonated and sugared, would be a pretty dumb thing to do. Water, coffee, milk. Good for go no matter what.

I like to have a soda now and then. I like ice cream floats. I like Strawberry soda. They're treats. That's just me. If people lock their kids into bad habits by feeding them pop or juice or god-knows-what all the time, that's the kids' tough luck and maybe blessing as they figure their way out of it and grow stronger by making smarter choices. It happens a lot.

This is headed toward outlawing soda pop. Or at least making it an expensive luxury.

[nascarnation]

Taxing tobacco and booze has made a LOT of dough for govt.
I can see where “evil” foods represent an almost irresistable source of more tax income.