|
||||||
    |
MYFOXNY.COM - The board hand-picked by Mayor Michael Bloomberg that must approve his ban of selling large sugar-filled drinks at restaurants might be looking at other targets. The New York City Board of Health showed support for limiting sizes of sugary drinks at a Tuesday meeting in Queens. They agreed to start the process to formalize the large-drink ban by agreeing to start a six-week public comment period. At the meeting, some of [...] City health weasels go ‘pop’ Why stop at soda? Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed ban on sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces could also include massive buckets of buttery movie-theater popcorn, as far as members of his Board of Health are concerned. “The popcorn isn’t a whole lot better than the soda,” said Bruce Vladeck, a senior adviser at Nexera Consulting and one of the mayor’s appointees to the 11-member board. The board yesterday agreed to [...] PHILADELPHIA, PA – Children as young as 11 years old are encouraged to get free condoms sent to them, compliments of the Philadelphia Public Health Department. Daily News columnist Ronnie Polaneczky was first alerted to the city’s youth-oriented condom campaign by a horrified mother, and upon perusal of the health department’s website takecontrolphilly.org, Polaneczky herself was a bit depressed by what she found. “If you live in Philadelphia and you are [...] |
Custom Search
|
||||
|
Copyright © 2013 InvestmentWatch - All Rights Reserved |
||||||
