NYC Board of Health passes big-soda crackdown rule


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NEW YORK ? New York City's health board has passed a rule banning super-sized, sugary drinks at restaurants, concession stands and other eateries.

The regulation passed Thursday puts a 16-ounce size limit on cups and bottles of non-diet soda, sweetened teas and other calorie-packed beverages.

The ban will apply in fast-food joints, movie houses and Broadway theaters, workplace cafeterias and most other places selling prepared food.

It doesn't cover supermarkets or most convenience stores.

City health officials say the ban is necessary to combat a deadly obesity epidemic.

The restaurant and beverage industries have assailed the plan as misguided. They say the city's health experts are exaggerating the role sugary beverages have played in making Americans fat.

Some New Yorkers have also ridiculed the rule as a gross government intrusion.

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Regardless of a supposed obesity epidemic, this is still ridiculous. I don't see how they are even allowed to do something like this legally. The government needs to back the hell off. If we want to get fat, let us. It's not their right to control how much food we eat, nor how much we drink.

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Indeed somebody call the hague war crimes tribunal, This is a crime bordering on genocide!

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Give me my 1L soda or give me death!

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As the public cant control themselves hence the obesity problem in America !!!!! and EU , I support this.

What obesity problem? What makes what we do with our bodies any of your business?

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As the public cant control themselves hence the obesity problem in America !!!!! and EU , I support this.

I am not fat, if you are try running, it works. Do not try to tell others how to live.

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If we did not tell people how to live the world will be a worse place.

Just say I fanced going around trashing everything in the street, why should I get told not to do that?

I fancy taking class A drugs then go into a shop and make a scene , why stop me , nothing wrong with that?

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Because I foot the bill when you keel over or take up beds in hospitals, requiring treatment.

That makes no sense. You make it sound like we don't pay taxes. And no, I'm not fat, not even close. But I fast food eat and drink (soda) a lot. Just because you hate fat people, doesn't mean we all do. And doesn't give you any right to choose how we live. Don't even start with "trashing everything and taking drugs, etc". Soda doesn't lead to that. We're talking about a simple beverage here. You can't go off the deep end as an argument. If we did that, we wouldn't have any freedoms at all.

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I don't hate fat people and I do have fast food every so often , i under stand you pay taxes like I, but as more people get diabetes , and requite other help treatments the overall cost to health will rise and rise which will effect me.

I know the soda drink is small , but could you compare it to smoking, damages your health and causes a higher health bill , without second hand smoking part of course.

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If we did not tell people how to live the world will be a worse place.

Just say I fanced going around trashing everything in the street, why should I get told not to do that?

I fancy taking class A drugs then go into a shop and make a scene , why stop me , nothing wrong with that?

Who are you God? What gives you or anyone else the authority to tell me or anyone what to eat and or drink? Taking illegal drugs and trashing property violates the law of society.

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If DrakeN2K is anything like me it's not fat people he dislikes, but anyone who fails to see how their own actions can lead to limiting the availability of healtcare to someone who hasn't abused their body.

However I agree this is ridiculous, a much fairer solution is taxing unhealty foods higher to pay for the increased burder on the health systems around the world. Just like fuel is taxed to pay for roads, and you pay for tickets depending on how much you use the train.

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WRONG-- IDIOTS (the NYC Board of Heath)

Just because you ban something only being over a certain size--does not fix the problem

Guess what you just did---

HELLO --- REFILLS ---

Plus as a side benefit that same person now will buy two instead of one. (So now N.Y. will get more tax) (and places will now charge for refills)

This is one of those where the theory sounds sound, but in reality will fail.

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If DrakeN2K is anything like me it's not fat people he dislikes, but anyone who fails to see how their own actions can lead to limiting the availability of healtcare to someone who hasn't abused their body.

However I agree this is ridiculous, a much fairer solution is taxing unhealty foods higher to pay for the increased burder on the health systems around the world. Just like fuel is taxed to pay for roads, and you pay for tickets depending on how much you use the train.

Actually, it's not really fairer. If you can, watch the Penn & Teller: bull**** episode on Fast Food (Season 8 I believe). Taxing isn't going to benefit anyone. It is going to hurt those who eat fast food the most, which are usually the people who can't afford to eat nice home cooked meals on a daily basis.

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Actually, it's not really fairer. If you can, watch the Penn & Teller: bull**** episode on Fast Food (Season 8 I believe). Taxing isn't going to benefit anyone. It is going to hurt those who eat fast food the most, which are usually the people who can't afford to eat nice home cooked meals on a daily basis.

Thats the problem though the poorest and thus those lowest paying tax are swallowing up expensive healthcare. I don't quite buy it will hurt the poor, it would simply price them out of buying junk food, as home cooked food is cheaper than fast food anywhere in the world already. Making fast food cheap only makes the problem worse.

In the UK all "essentials" food items are tax free, eat healthy(-ish) eat tax free.

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Good home cooked food can cost less than ?1 per person for your main meal of the day... god I hope you cannot buy a fast food meal for that little anywhere in the states.

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Thats the problem though the poorest and thus those lowest paying tax are swallowing up expensive healthcare. I don't quite buy it will hurt the poor, it would simply price them out of buying junk food, as home cooked food is cheaper than fast food anywhere in the world already. Making fast food cheap only makes the problem worse.

In the UK all "essentials" food items are tax free, eat healthy(-ish) eat tax free.

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Good home cooked food can cost less than ?1 per person for your main meal of the day... god I hope you cannot buy a fast food meal for that little anywhere in the states.

I'd look to know what you are cooking for $5 a person. Can't even buy meat for that price. Oh and if you like Taco Bell (I don't), you can definitely have a meal for $2.

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