NYC Passes Big Soda Ban
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by spacemonkey » Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:25 pm
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Re: NYC Passes Big Soda Ban
by OGPhilly » Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:58 pm
BTW, I saw a promotional ad today in Brooklyn from Mountain Dew. They're advertising MD in a 17 ounce can, marketed as "Prohibition Size". Obviously prepackaged cans aren't part of this law anyway, but I think it's a clever marketing scheme. The Prohibition angle will work for plenty of chumps in NYC too, because the big thing here these days (aka big thing a few years ago) is fake "speakeasies" (aka overpriced cocktail bars hidden behind a secret door).
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Re: NYC Passes Big Soda Ban
by The Tooth » Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:41 pm
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Re: NYC Passes Big Soda Ban
by Dylan » Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:41 am
Uebermann 4 pounds of fat is HUGE. That's a serious health liability. especially when you consider that's just in 1 year.
That said, I disagree with this law but don't really care. Caught a movie recently though and the theatre had put up a a big sign protesting it.
That said, I disagree with this law but don't really care. Caught a movie recently though and the theatre had put up a a big sign protesting it.
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Re: NYC Passes Big Soda Ban
by uebermann » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:07 am
Lets assume a person is on a 2500 caloric intake per day diet.
If I go to McDonalds and get a Double Quarter Pounder with cheese and a large french fry, its roughly 1250 calories. If I get a 20 oz soda with it, it would be another 240 calories. If I get a 16 oz, its 200. So either 1490 calories total or 1450 calories total.
So of the meal itself, the 20 oz drink is right at 16% of the caloric intake total. If its a 16 oz drink, its about 13.7% of the caloric intake. 2.3% isn't all that much when you consider the food you just ate and how much of your daily intake you just ingested.
1250 calories on a 2500 caloric intake diet would be 50% of your intake in just one meal. Most people eat 3 meals a day so I'll let you do the math to see how much those 40 calories really affect things.
Of course it all depends on what you eat. Personally, I rarely drink soda any more, but even if I did, those 40 calories aren't going to make a whole lot of difference in the end. The bigger problem is the food being eaten for most people.
edit: fixed math
If I go to McDonalds and get a Double Quarter Pounder with cheese and a large french fry, its roughly 1250 calories. If I get a 20 oz soda with it, it would be another 240 calories. If I get a 16 oz, its 200. So either 1490 calories total or 1450 calories total.
So of the meal itself, the 20 oz drink is right at 16% of the caloric intake total. If its a 16 oz drink, its about 13.7% of the caloric intake. 2.3% isn't all that much when you consider the food you just ate and how much of your daily intake you just ingested.
1250 calories on a 2500 caloric intake diet would be 50% of your intake in just one meal. Most people eat 3 meals a day so I'll let you do the math to see how much those 40 calories really affect things.
Of course it all depends on what you eat. Personally, I rarely drink soda any more, but even if I did, those 40 calories aren't going to make a whole lot of difference in the end. The bigger problem is the food being eaten for most people.
edit: fixed math
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Re: NYC Passes Big Soda Ban
by The Comrade » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:09 am
2500? that's a huge assumption.
but the point is it adds up over time. most people who drink shitloads of soda lose weight if they stop.
but the point is it adds up over time. most people who drink shitloads of soda lose weight if they stop.
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