Comments on: Food law roundup

By: CT_Yankee

CT_Yankee — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:53:33 +0000

School Food or Prison Food?

play the game, click on an item for answer

http://cityrag.com/2012/05/prison-food-or-school-food/prison-food-or-school-food-14/

By: captnhal

captnhal — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:47:34 +0000

Diet sodas, fruit juices, milk-based drinks and alcoholic beverages would be exempted.

If I had to guess, drinking more than 16 oz. of an alcoholic beverage is more likely to create a problem than a sugar drink, especially for others.

The ban is easy to get around by buying more than one.

By: CTrees

CTrees — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:02:06 +0000

Childhood obesity is a major problem. I doubt many people would disagree. However, what I still want to know is why the answer is “control foods available to kids! ban bake sales! stop kids from bringing lunch from home!” and not “make kids exercise more.” I went to two high schools. One required students to do one semester of Phys. Ed. in their entire four years. The other required students to either take PE or participate in a sport, every semester (barring medical issues). I won’t insult Overlawyered’s commentariat by asking for guesses as to which school had more obesity problems.

(okay, being honestly, I have some fair guesses as to why “get more exercise” isn’t the answer, but I’m leaving the question for rhetorical reasons)

By: bruce

bruce — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:49:15 +0000

how about allowing 32 ounces of soda that is half-sugar, half-aspartame…
will the city measure cups to the brim? one-half inch below the brim? will suppliers have to mark the “16 ounce ” level on each cup? will Bloomberg make an allowance for ice?