Tough Times for the Food Police
Posted on 14 October 2012 by Gary Truitt
"Last week the Mayor stood with executives from three giant soda makers to announce that the city will compete against San Antonio for a $5 million national beverage lobbying group grant that will reward city workers for being healthy, rather than making it tougher or more expensive for them to guzzle soda pop. This stands in sharp contrast to NYC which barred convenience stores and restaurants from selling outsize sodas, and to Boston’s mayor who halted pop sales and soft-drink advertising in city buildings to fight obesity and rising health care costs. According to the Center for Consumer Freedom, “The evidence that soda taxes will effectively reduce obesity doesn’t exist — three studies predicted daily calorie reductions of less than one percent of daily intake.” This was just one of several setbacks for those nutrition nannies who want to control our food choices."
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