To combat obesity.
Thoughts?
The people who allowed this are mildly retarded ban 32oz sodas but I can just buy 2 16ozs if I really wanted to drink that much. Just more nanny state bullshit; those that are obese will be obese until they either a) die or b) decide to do something for themselves no amount of government interference will stop them from over eating and not excersising
Fucking stupid.
Here’s an idea for these Orwellian idiots…just go straight to banning obesity!
No pussyfooting around! Just make being fat illegal!
I really wanted to keep this in GAL so the great majority of people would be able to see and comment on it.
Nanny Bloomberg at his best.
I think before a politician starts trying to dictate other people’s diets, they should make everything they eat public knowlege.
Really? With half of NY’s adults overweight, and half the country set to be obese - not overweight, obese - by 2030, you guys don’t think any steps should be taken to stem that?
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Really? With half of NY’s adults overweight, and half the country set to be obese - not overweight, obese - by 2030, you guys don’t think any steps should be taken to stem that?[/quote]
I agree.
Don’t really get the nanny state or ‘why don’t they just ban obesity’ arguments. Something needs to be done and I am sure this will not solve it by itself, but neither will it hurt.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Really? With half of NY’s adults overweight, and half the country set to be obese - not overweight, obese - by 2030, you guys don’t think any steps should be taken to stem that?[/quote]
Please list out your diet, the rest of us will vote on what you can keep and what you legally have to change.
Not to mention the stupidity of now having to buy 2 16 oz drinks instead of 1 32. What if im carbing up and actually need 32 oz of sugar?
Freedom is the freedom to be fat and unhealthy. The only real problem is that, the way laws are, other people have to pay for the consequences. Let people do what they want with their own body, but let them suffer their own consequences.
While I do agree with you FightingIrish that steps should be taken to try and prevent Obesity, Kevinm1 has a valid point. If somebody really wants that extra bit of soda, guess what they are going to do? Get that extra refill.
The average person has to make the choice themselves to be make overall more healthy choices. Placing a ban on certain things will work as a deterrent sure but they will eat, drink, smoke whatever the hell they want to, if they really want it.
May help a percent or two with diabetes or something, but I can’t see it doing shit for obesity. It’s easy to consume things you want in the US, and majority of obese people are lazy as shit. Follow people around the mall to get a parking spot right next to the entrance every time. Allergic to stairs, and have every excuse in the world for not being able to workout.
A nice idea in spirit, but as was mentioned in the article, it’s definitely “misguided and arbitrary.”
Does this include alcoholic drinks over 16 ounces? What about large portions of fatty or sugary foods, like no extra cheese on foot-long subs (but you can get it on 6-inch subs) or ban “king size” candy bars? Why not a mandatory piece of fruit sold with every meal?
It says that supermarkets are exempt from the ban, but why not go the whole nine yards and include them?
The whole thing makes no sense in the real world.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
What if im carbing up and actually need 32 oz of sugar? [/quote]
Ha, good catch. Sorry NYC marathon runners, small drinks for you. Best of luck with the run.
Since when did the people not get to vote on issues like this?
If I was Mcdonalds I would operate a two for one deal on soft drinks both 16oz size.
[quote]jldume wrote:
The average person has to make the choice themselves to be make overall more healthy choices. Placing a ban on certain things will work as a deterrent sure but they will eat, drink, smoke whatever the hell they want to, if they really want it.[/quote]
What do you think can/should be done about the fact that tens of millions of people are much fatter now than 30-40 years ago? Also, why do people think so many are getting so fat?
Do you think nothing should tried and people left to their own devices? What about all of the costs involved (not just monetary)?
Am interested in responses, not looking to argue, I don’t have a very strong opinion either way.
If I was McDonald’s, I would increase the price of the 16 oz drink to that of the 32 oz one.
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
A nice idea in spirit, but as was mentioned in the article, it’s definitely “misguided and arbitrary.”
Does this include alcoholic drinks over 16 ounces? What about large portions of fatty or sugary foods, like no extra cheese on foot-long subs (but you can get it on 6-inch subs) or ban “king size” candy bars? Why not a mandatory piece of fruit sold with every meal?
It says that supermarkets are exempt from the ban, but why not go the whole nine yards and include them?
The whole thing makes no sense in the real world.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
What if im carbing up and actually need 32 oz of sugar? [/quote]
Ha, good catch. Sorry NYC marathon runners, small drinks for you. Best of luck with the run.[/quote]
It is nothing more than a political ploy in “feel good” politics. It is an attempt to be seem as pro-active in health, while, in substance, doing nothing but making more absurd laws to add to the ever growing mountains of regulations.
This will require a government task force.
Then maybe even a soda czar who, after a few months, can expand his power into pizza regulation. Fat people should only be allowed to buy one slice of pizza. Don’t get me started on cookies. You’ll need a license for those.
Then we can make it illegal for fat people to take a cab or get in an elevator. It’s for their own good.
Here’s the thing. Studies show people will eat/consume what is convenient. You know what isn’t convenient enough, ordering 2 sodas… You didn’t see people in 1980 ordering 2 of them did ya…
It’s a slippery slope but I’m for it… Moderation ain’t workin, and sugar is addictive, most addictive things have regulations on them.
case in point. I got a milkshake today. Ordered the largest they had. I would normally like a little more, but it is what it is… if they offered a larger version I would have bought that, but I’m not going to get 2 mediums 
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
case in point. I got a milkshake today. Ordered the largest they had. I would normally like a little more, but it is what it is… if they offered a larger version I would have bought that, but I’m not going to get 2 mediums ;)[/quote]
So, if they offered a larger one, you’d be fat?