New York Plans to Ban Sale of Big Sizes of Sugary Drinks

[BattyDem]

7. So ... what's to stop people from buying TWO 16oz bottles of soda?

What's to stop a business from offering two 16oz sodas for the price of one? You can't tell people how much they can purchase and consume! Soda is not healthy ... but it's certainly not the only cause of obesity. Fruit juices made from concentrate are loaded with sugar, milk shakes have sugar and fat and there are plenty of empty calories in alcohol.

Any person can go into a restaurant and order the potato skins stuffed with cheese, bacon and sour cream, followed by the bacon double cheeseburger and chili cheese fries and then end their meal with the triple chocolate layer cake with caramel sauce ... but they can only have a 16 oz soda because THAT causes obesity?!?

I know soda is a problem. I stopped drinking it several years ago and I lost 15 pounds in a month! I didn't change anything else in my diet or lifestyle. I just ditched the soda and I lost the weight ... but 15 pounds is not the difference between "healthy" and "obese". Over the years, I've known several people who were morbidly obese - and they all drank diet soda, so obviously the problem goes beyond soda. People are going to eat and drink what they want, but if we could find a way to make healthier foods cheaper and more convenient, perhaps people would want them more often.