Comments on: Nanny Knows Best: New York City Declares War on Sugary Drinks http://healthblog.ncpa.org/nanny-knows-best-new-york-city-declares-war-on-sugary-drinks/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Thu, 24 May 2012 21:53:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Neil H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/nanny-knows-best-new-york-city-declares-war-on-sugary-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-50582 Neil H. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:51:59 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7552#comment-50582 I just had a great idea. Let's hire the city of New York to make an anti-Obama-Care ad. I'm sure it would be much better than what I am seeing on TV. In fact the ad above is causing me to think about Obama Care already. I just had a great idea. Let’s hire the city of New York to make an anti-Obama-Care ad. I’m sure it would be much better than what I am seeing on TV.

In fact the ad above is causing me to think about Obama Care already.

]]> By: Bruce http://healthblog.ncpa.org/nanny-knows-best-new-york-city-declares-war-on-sugary-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-50550 Bruce Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:36:58 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7552#comment-50550 Hey folks, nannies are not happy unless they are nagging soneone else and making them unhappy. Hey folks, nannies are not happy unless they are nagging soneone else and making them unhappy.

]]> By: Larry C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/nanny-knows-best-new-york-city-declares-war-on-sugary-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-50548 Larry C. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:25:20 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7552#comment-50548 Linda, we can always count on you to shed reason and light on health care topics. Thanks for your contributions. I almost always agree with what you have to say. Linda, we can always count on you to shed reason and light on health care topics. Thanks for your contributions. I almost always agree with what you have to say.

]]> By: Linda Gorman http://healthblog.ncpa.org/nanny-knows-best-new-york-city-declares-war-on-sugary-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-50540 Linda Gorman Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:57:14 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7552#comment-50540 Why not have the guy sit down to a dish of oatmeal every day and end up with gloppy fat on his face? Half a cup of Quaker classic oatmeal has more calories than a can of Classic Coke. And a can of Coke Zero, no doubt a sugary drink in the eyes of the New York City food police has, well, zero calories. The message? Some people just like to demonize the foods that other people enjoy. Facts don't have much to do with anything in food fights. Why not have the guy sit down to a dish of oatmeal every day and end up with gloppy fat on his face?

Half a cup of Quaker classic oatmeal has more calories than a can of Classic Coke. And a can of Coke Zero, no doubt a sugary drink in the eyes of the New York City food police has, well, zero calories.

The message? Some people just like to demonize the foods that other people enjoy. Facts don’t have much to do with anything in food fights.

]]> By: Zoleeta [Health IT Writer] http://healthblog.ncpa.org/nanny-knows-best-new-york-city-declares-war-on-sugary-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-50536 Zoleeta [Health IT Writer] Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:52:27 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7552#comment-50536 That... Was pretty disgusting. I guess that's the only way to get the message through to some people. Most have to see it to believe it (and most of the time, that still doesn't work) That AD is just a marketing trick that tends to have an affect on people... just in a really gross way. That…

Was pretty disgusting. I guess that’s the only way to get the message through to some people.

Most have to see it to believe it (and most of the time, that still doesn’t work)

That AD is just a marketing trick that tends to have an affect on people… just in a really gross way.

]]> By: Ken http://healthblog.ncpa.org/nanny-knows-best-new-york-city-declares-war-on-sugary-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-50531 Ken Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:06:27 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7552#comment-50531 I want to know how they produced the ad. Surely, that guy didn't really drink that stuff. Did he? I want to know how they produced the ad. Surely, that guy didn’t really drink that stuff. Did he?

]]> By: Joe S. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/nanny-knows-best-new-york-city-declares-war-on-sugary-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-50530 Joe S. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:05:18 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7552#comment-50530 Can you believe that New Yorker tax dollars paid for this ad? Can you believe that New Yorker tax dollars paid for this ad?

]]> By: Vicki http://healthblog.ncpa.org/nanny-knows-best-new-york-city-declares-war-on-sugary-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-50527 Vicki Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:32:36 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7552#comment-50527 You are right!! The video is very, very gross!!! You are right!! The video is very, very gross!!!

]]> By: Bart Ingles http://healthblog.ncpa.org/nanny-knows-best-new-york-city-declares-war-on-sugary-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-50526 Bart Ingles Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:48:07 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7552#comment-50526 Mmmm, Jamba... Mmmm, Jamba…

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