Tomorrow (Tuesday) the New York City Department of Health is holding a public hearing on Mayor Bloomberg’s call to ban sugar-sweetened drinks in portions over 16 ounces from New York City restaurants.
CMPI will be testifying.
In advance of the hearing, we took our roving camera to Central Park on a sunny Saturday to ask New Yorkers what they thought about the Mayor’s initiative.
Short answer – they don’t like it very much.
While recognizing the danger of obesity, those we interviewed were pretty blunt that regulation is a bad idea. They don’t see “more government” as the solution to changing the nutritional habits of the Big Apple.
Sorry Mike.
We will post this video (along with our testimony) shortly.
Bottoms up.
