Now the mommy mayor has a new target; sweet tea, energy drinks and fruit juices.
Learning from the overturning of his soda ban by New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling three months ago the Mommy Mayor isn’t trying to ban food, he is just wasting of NYC’s very limited financial resources on an advertising campaign.
New York City’s health department launched a series of TV and bus ads on Monday that warn people about the high sugar content in drinks that are seemingly healthy.
“Fruit-flavored drinks are not a healthy choice,” a voiceover says after the cheerful music resumes, instead suggesting that parents should switch out their unhealthy drinks with water, seltzer, skim milk and fresh fruit.
Soft drink makers and sellers are currently suing the city over efforts to restrict the sizes of soda sold in many eateries. If the city gets its way, any soft drink over 16 ounces will be outlawed across the city by March 2013.
According to the New York City Health Department, more than half of adult New Yorkers are overweight or obese. Mayor Bloomberg has argued that the government has a responsibility to regulate what people put into their bodies and help curb the growing obesity problem.
What ever happened to government doesn’t belong in a persons body?
What ever happened to fiscal responsibility? Does New York City have all that spare money to create ads and commercials and purchase media time?
out. Moreover, the older you get, the more medical costs accumulate.
claims they make on the health-care system.
direct him to tell people how to live their lives. That is not the supposed to be the role of our government per the US Constitution, a document I suspect the Mommy Mayor cares very little about.