Tag Archives: obesity

Yesterday a state judge blocked Michael Bloomberg’s ban on “large sugary drinks,” which was to have gone into effect today.  Openly gay 2013 mayoral candidate and current City Council Speaker Christine Quinn celebrated on CNN by swigging from a large Diet Coke during her interview with Piers Morgan. Because she has totally not been Bloomberg’s enforcer for the last 12 …

New York City’s ban on large sugary drinks was to go into effect tomorrow, but today a state judge blocked the city from enforcing the new law. The city is “enjoined and permanently restrained from implementing or enforcing the new regulations,” wrote New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling, blocking the rules one day before they would have taken effect. …

I’m not even gonna set it up. Just watch.

Here’s a two-minute PR piece posted yesterday by Coke. Ad Age breaks it down: While Coca-Cola has been vocal in media, government and industry circles about its moves to bring more low and no-calorie options to market, the new ads mark the first time the beverage giant has taken its message directly to a large swath of consumers. “It’s the …

A coalition of soft drink manufacturers has filed suit to block New York City’s ban on “large sugared drinks.” The suit, filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, contends that the Board of Health did not have the authority to ratify the new rules unilaterally. The rules — approved last month and scheduled to take effect in March — limit …

The NYC Board of Health will vote today on Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to ban the sale of large-serving soft drinks and other “sugared beverages.” The plan is expected to be approved by the Bloomberg-appointed health board and then could take effect next March. It’s unclear what the prospects are for last-minute changes before the vote. Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley …

The results of that Quinnipiac survey I took a few days ago are back and reveal that 84% of NYC residents don’t care if the next mayor happens to be gay. Voters don’t care that mayoral hopeful and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is a gay woman — and they’d rather vote for a Muslim or a Mormon than a …

It’s going on right now and insiders predict that the ban will pass despite Big Soda’s massive ad campaign. Famously snarky Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz makes an appearance below in full character.

The “grassroots” group New Yorkers For Beverage Choices is firing up their anti-Bloomberg campaign in advance of tomorrow’s “Big Gulp Hearing” by the Department of Health. Gothamist is smirking over the authentic New York City accents in the below radio ad. This week cinema employees are wearing t-shirts bearing the snarky slogan, “I picked out my soda all by myself!”

Five years ago NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered the Department of Health to ban trans fats in all city restaurants. It was the first such edict by any American city. Yesterday a city-funded study reported that the ban is having a dramatic effect on the amount of trans fats consumed by diners. A new analysis of thousands of lunch receipts, …

(Via Gothamist)

The three month public comment period on Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed ban on “large sugared drinks” has commenced. And Starbucks is trying to figure out how, if at all, the pending law might affect them. Officials in City Hall and in Seattle said they were unsure how those rules might affect the Starbucks family of syrupy, milkshake-style coffee drinks, catnip to …

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is backing Bloomberg’s proposed ban on large servings of sugary drinks. “Sugary drinks, like soda, fruit drinks and sweetened teas, are the single largest sources of sugar in the American diet,” Nutter said, according to the text of his speech. “On average, Americans drink 20 ounces of soda a day,” he said, adding that Bloomberg’s proposed …

The astroturf Center For Consumer Freedom today published the above full-page ad in the New York Times. The text: THE NANNY: You Only Thought You Lived In The Land Of The Free. Bye Bye Venti. Nanny Bloomberg has taken his strange obsession with what you eat one step further. He now wants to make it illegal to serve “sugary drinks” …

As part of his latest anti-obesity campaign, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed banning the sale of sugared drinks in quantities larger than 16 ounces. The ban is expected to be rubber-stamped by Bloomberg’s appointed heads of the Health Department. The city’s proposed ban on sugary drinks would apply to service in nearly all restaurants, movie theaters and street food …

According to a just-published report, New Yorkers are now living longer than the national average. Mayor Bloomberg is taking credit, citing his long-running campaigns against smoking and obesity. The life expectancy for babies born in New York City reached 80.6 years in 2009, the highest level recorded and one that surpasses the national life expectancy rate, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg …

Saying they are responding to an increase in “valid complaints,” AirTran revealed yesterday that it will begin asking “customers of size” to buy tickets for two seats. The airline will begin enforcing the policy March 1. Any coach passenger who, “in the carrier’s sole discretion, encroaches on an adjacent seat and/or is unable to sit in a single seat with …

Researchers at the CDC say obesity is far less prevalent in Canada than in the United States. And they don’t really know why. About 24 percent of Canadians are obese compared to more than 34 percent of Americans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Wednesday. Researchers looked at height and weight data taken in …

According to a study just released by researchers in Boston, gay men are 50% less likely to be obese than straight men. But lesbians are more likely to be overweight than straight women. After scrutinizing a health survey of more than 67,000 Massachusetts residents between the ages of 18 and 64, the researchers found that 14 percent of gay men …