New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Farley remembers when he was growing up in the 1960′s a 6.5-ounce bottle of soda was the norm. Today, the standard is a 20-ounce bottle.
While people haven’t fundamentally changed, Farley said, their environment has. Calling U.S. obesity a “crisis,” Farley made the case for government intervention in a new editorial published online Tuesday Sept. 18 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Last Thursday, the city where Farley has been commissioner since 2009 became the first in the country to limit the size of sugary drinks sold at food establishments that fall under the health department’s regulation, including restaurants, fast-food chains, theaters, delis and office cafeterias.
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