Will these ads and billboards work? New York City has launched a campaign in an effort to get peoples attention and raise awareness about obesity. The ads show human fat being poured out of a coke bottle. It got my attention.
One 8oz soda per day for a year constitutes 39 lbs of sugar consumed, disgusting!
September 23, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I hope everyone pays attention to this ad campaign. Soda
is a real problem for so many people. So many young people
need to be aware of the damage that is caused by drinking soda.
Thank you for the post.
September 24, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I think we are taxed enough. The last thing I want is the
government taxing me more, trying to influence what I consume,
peeling away my individuality via State nannyism. I’m an adult.
Let me live as I see fit.
September 28, 2009 at 2:26 am
I’m not for the tax. Education will make the difference
not a tax. It is up to parents to change children diets.
October 3, 2009 at 7:52 am
That seems to be the answer to everything: tax. Taxing is a quick solution for a long term problem. Cigarette taxes didn’t slow tobacco down, people will still drink soda.
October 8, 2009 at 8:21 am
Taxes?? Making the government someone’s parent is tyranny, plain and simple!
December 25, 2009 at 11:33 am
Sugarized soda pop and similar non-food consumables should be required to have warning labels on them about the health consequences.
Many of these sugarized drinks contain around 40 grams of sugar, and the worst kind of sugar, in a single can. Why not make them with 20 grams or less, which is still too much, and add some vitamins and minerals to them?
This is what I do whenever I succumb to the temptation to consume this crud. I dilute them, at least to one part pop to 4 parts water. I also do this with fruit juices which can be too concentrated in many cases.
December 26, 2009 at 1:03 am
Taxes on Junk Food that is bad for your health is an excellent idea. Majority of fast food and junk food is killing people and is increasing the burden of tax payers paying for medical costs associated with obesity and all of its complications and dispositions to many diseases such as diabetes, cancer, heart attack, high blood pressure, etc…. Healthy food items and healthy options from fast food chains should be exempt from such a tax of course. Many fast food chains are offering healthy options such as fajita chicken pita, grilled chicken sandwich, baked potato, chili, salads, yogurt parfait, chicken soft tacos, etc…
There is tax on cigarettes since it has caused so many health problems, junk food may be next.
May 10, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Soda and sugary junk food is bad on so many levels. A tax might actually help persuade some people to cut their consumption or even quit. At the very least, the taxes could help pay for the health care needed to treat the problems junk food causes.
America has gotten a severely distorted view of what “Freedom” means. We also have a tendency to believe a little too much in our own over inflated collective ego. We politicize everything these days. This attitude that, “this is America and I have the freedom to be fat, lazy, and stupid” amazes me. We are also defiant beyond belief. With all the scientifically based information out there about the dangers of too big portion size and too much sugar and deep fried foods and such, we scoff at it all and eat things like Jumbo Twinkies, deep fried in lard. I was at a fair not long ago and actually saw a booth selling… are you ready for this? Deep fried butter. They were rolling sticks of butter in flour and deep frying them. They were also selling deep fried Krispy Kreme donuts, and several other severely unhealthy concoctions. There were people actually eating some of this garbage.
The way that junk food is nearly forced onto out society these days, and the fact that other products are taxed additionally for their negative properties, I see no problem with a bit extra being tagged on to these things.