New York Mayor to ban large bottles of sugary Drinks? Stevia is laughing
Time ：2013-06-08
Mike Bloomberg, New York's mayor, in early May announced plans to ban the sale of large bottles of sugar-based drinks in restaurants, cinemas and food trucks.The aim, according to a document, is to fight the growing epidemic of obesity. Statistics show that: In New York City, 58 percent of adults and nearly 40 percent of school students are now obese or overweight.Sugary drinks are to blame for more than half of the increase in obesity rates in the city over the past 30 years, and about a third of New Yorkers drink them every day, according to the city's health department. Converting the amount of sugar in the drink into regular sugar cubes, every 470ml bottle of the drink is equivalent to 27 sugar cubes, and the 1.5-litre drink contains a staggering 86 cubes.
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