Sentences with phrase «city soda ban»

On March 11, 2013, Judge Milton Tingling shot down a New York City soda ban supported by Mayor Bloomberg and the New York City Department of Health.

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Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, has banned regular, sugary soda from any vending machines found on city property.

I think city councils could do more good for kids by considering other food and kid scenarios like banning soda served to kids in public schools, or requiring food with nutritive value to always be served when refreshments are offered at a school, or requiring restaurants to offer kids real food choices on the kids menu.

Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City who recently took a lot of heat for his law that would ban the sale of soda in containers over 16 ounces, is at it again with a controversial pro-breastfeeding program.

Examples of actions which have had these effects include school nutrition standards in Queensland, Australia; a vending machine ban in France; a front - of - package symbol that led to product reformulation in the Netherlands; soda taxes in France and Mexico; a programme targeting retail environments in New York City, USA; a programme promoting increased water consumption in schools in Hungary; school fruit and vegetable programmes in Netherlands and Norway; a healthy marketing campaign in Los Angeles County, USA and a comprehensive nutrition and health programme in France.

Corona has been singled out as having the highest rate of childhood obesity in the city, but City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D - East Elmhurst) joined with local business owners and a new coalition last Thursday to say Mayor Michael Bloomberg's soda ban is the wrong way to fightcity, but City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D - East Elmhurst) joined with local business owners and a new coalition last Thursday to say Mayor Michael Bloomberg's soda ban is the wrong way to fightCity Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D - East Elmhurst) joined with local business owners and a new coalition last Thursday to say Mayor Michael Bloomberg's soda ban is the wrong way to fight it.

The food and theater industries aren't the only ones against the soda ban, which has also been opposed by a slew of city politicians.

City Council members and a beverage - industry backed group rallied on the steps of City Hall today to protest the Bloomberg administration's proposed soda ban.

Mayor de Blasio answered questions from the press on a wide range of topics, including HIV prevention, the role of the Health Department and the «Nanny State», the large - size soda ban, Metzizah B'peh, fines and penalties levied by the Health Department, the ethics complaint filed against Patrick Gaspard, the city's fiscal outlook, stop & frisk and more.

On Tues., July 24th, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene held a hearing - its first and only meeting open to the public — regarding the soda ban proposed by Mayor Bloomberg.

In the wake of a failed New York City law to ban oversize sodas, new findings show the link between sugar - sweetened beverages and obesity starts as young as toddlerhood

In a move to combat obesity, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has banned sodas and sugary drinks from vending machines on city property.

If food companies can make a compelling argument that we purchase a lot of sugary foods, but we don't consume a lot of what we buy, regulations such as the ban on large - sized sodas in New York City might be a lot harder to pass.

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