Soda Ban May Hit the Big Apple

An anonymous reader writes "NYC residents may soon be unable to buy big gulps. In an effort to curb obesity, New York City's Mayor Bloomberg is seeking a ban on oversized sodas in restaurants, movie theaters and stadiums officials said on Wednesday. 'Obesity is a nationwide problem, and all over the U.S., public health officials are wringing their hands saying, "Oh, this is terrible,"' Mayor Bloomberg said. 'New York City is not about wringing your hands; it's about doing something. I think that's what the public wants the mayor to do.'"

Comments

Re:How is this legal?

[MightyYar]

It's all good until the fatties want free healthcare.

Re:Get a refill..

[aeortiz]

Its basic psychology, if given larger containers, people consume more.

Cornell University did a study in a Philadelphia movie theater with stale popcorn. Given the larger containers, people still ate more of it, even though it was like eating styrofoam.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16053812

Re:Get a refill..

[milkmage]

it is.. but it's a specific offering by 7-11 (convenience store chain)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Eleven
Among 7-Eleven's offerings are private label products, including Slurpee, a partially frozen soft drink introduced in 1967,[15] and the Big Gulp introduced in 1980[15] that packaged soft drinks in large cups ranging in size from 20 to 64 US fluid ounces (0.59 to 1.9 liters).

absurd.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Double_big_gulp.jpg

Re:WE would be nothing of the sort...

[Hatta]

We never had any uprisings back then....

Seriously? Are you just completely ignorant of US labor history?