Sunday, September 16, 2012

9. Goodbye, Big Soda: New York Becomes First City to Ban Large-Sized Soft Drinks



            New York becomes the first city to ban large-sized soft drinks, no bigger than 16 oz allowed at restaurants, stores, and many other places.  The mayor of New York has taken a big advance of trying to lower adult obesity in the large city, even though people are totally capable of buying more than one 16 oz soda.  What may sound like a ban that would be shot down immediatlly by Americans everywhere, feedback from the public showed that 32,000 comments supported the ban and only 6,000 did not.  This is actually very surprising.

            This is a very interesting article and it supports its idea well, having many quotes and statistics on the matter.  It was written by Alice Park, a trustworthy writer who has been reporting since 1993; she remains natural on the subject.  This is good because it avoids a journalist enforcing their personal stance on a matter, which is what blogs are for, not news sites. 


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