Soda Industry Sues to Stop a Sales Ban on Big Drinks

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Published: October 12, 2012

New York’s battle over big sodas is heading to the courtroom.   The American soft-drink industry, joined by several New York restaurant and business groups, filed a lawsuit on Friday that aims to overturn restrictions, proposed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and approved by the Board of Health, on sales of large sugary drinks at many dining locations in the city.  The suit, filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, contends that the Board of Health did not have the authority to ratify the new rules unilaterally. The rules — approved last month and scheduled to take effect in March — limit the size of sugary drinks to 16 ounces or less at restaurants, street carts, and entertainment and sports venues...  To Read More.....

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Sugary soda consumption has declined, but obesity has not

 October 12, 2012

As New Yorkers prepare for the ban on the sale of some sugary sweetened beverages exceeding 16 ounces that will go into effect in March, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that in the last decade, consumption of calories from sugar in regular soda has actually decreased. 

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