Bloomberg Set To Ban Big Gulps In NYC

(NYT) New York City plans to enact a far-reaching ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in the most ambitious effort yet by the Bloomberg administration to combat rising obesity. The sale of any cup or bottle of sweetened drink larger than 16 fluid ounces — about the size of a medium coffee, and smaller than a common soda bottle — would be prohibited under the first-in-the-nation plan, which could take effect as soon as next March. 


Look, I'm not going to beat around the bush here, the only reason I blogged this story is so that I would have an excuse to throw up this classic scene from Dumb & Dumber. All it takes is functioning eye balls to notice that kids everyone is obese these days and if the Mayor thinks that cutting down on the accessibility to these high calorie, sugary drinks will lead to a healthier population then the more power to him. Sans the occasional Jack and Coke, I don't even like soda. I've been keen for a while to the fact that chugging down on some pop is a complete waste of your daily calorie intake. In fact it takes 3 miles worth of walking just to burn off that one 20 oz. soft drink. I'll take an extra slice of pizza and some H20 all day.


-fresh (@danye33)