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The Northerner

(5,040 posts)
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 04:20 PM Jun 2012

Tool Time: Bloomberg Takes on Big Soda



New York City's Mayor Bloomberg has announcedthat he has a new proposal to fight the constant battle with obesity, bybanning the sales of large sugary drinks and sodas. And this ban, set to startin March, would affect quite a few businesses and people in the big apple. We'lltake a look back at some of the other items he sees as contraband. He's put aban on smoking in restaurants and public parks, gone after artificial trans-fatsthat make their way into restaurant foods and forced restaurants to postcalorie-counts on their menus.
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