>>>>NYC passes another infringement of my rights..grrrrr
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>>>>http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/09/13/new-york-city-approves-ban-on-large-sodas
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>>>Soda's toll on our health care system is enormous. Soda and other high-sugar food products have contributed to an epidemic of Type 2 diabetes and other ailments in this country.
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>>>The health care costs of the uninsured related to these high-sugar foods are paid by the insured through high premiums. Every time uninsured John gulps that 64-ounce Coke he's taking a nickel out of my pocket and yours.
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>>>We have two options:
>>>1. Incentivize healthy consumption and discourage unhealthy consumption (make healthy food cheaper than unhealthy food via taxes and/or subsidies)
>>>2. Let uninsured people die
>>>
>>>Banning a size of container is neither solution 1 or 2 and is political stupidity at its finest.
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>>I'm interested in what the next steps will be.
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>>1. Ban Refills.
>>2. Ban anyone from buying more than one drink at time.
>>3. Ban anyone from buying a second drink after finishing the first.
>>4. Ban supermarkets from selling cases of pop. One can per customer limit.
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>I suspect without any of those happening, people will drink a lot less soda. There's plenty of research that says that the amount people consume is relative to the container size. Give people a bigger plate and they eat more.
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>I find myself of two minds on this one. I agree that this is not something for government control. OTOH, when you and I were growing up, places that sold cups of soda generally had three sizes that were 8, 12 and 16 ounces, respectively. Now, in many places, you can get a 16-oz. soda; the "small" (if they offer small) is 20 oz. or more. It's absurd.
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>Tamar

2 things I'd like to add.
1. Ounce sizes do not equal soda size because they do not account for ice, which generally takes up 50% of the volume
2. Most places I'm familliar with have a child's size which comes in around 12oz or less