...Winnie Lu Law 1101 – Class 2 Debate Report Bloomberg’s ban on large sugary drinks Banning the size of soft drink is one way to reduce the sugar overload in a city. Mayor Bloomberg is seeking to reduce the obesity rates by banning the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, street carts and movie theaters. Under his plan, all restaurants, fast-food joints, delis, movie theaters, sports stadiums, food carts and vending machine will be barred from selling sugar-sweetened drinks in cups larger than 16 ounces. He has called sugar-sweetened beverages a leading cause of obesity and says raising awareness simply isn’t enough anymore. “If we are serious about fighting obesity then we have to be honest about it and courageous about tackling it. We believe it is reasonable and responsible to draw a line.” Bloomberg stated According to statistics, Americans consume close to 50 billion liters of soda per year, which equates to about 216 liters, or about 57 gallons per person. That is a significant amount of sugar. However, it’s not just any sugar, but high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). High fructose corn syrup has become the number one source of calories in the United States, and it’s very clear that it is the primary cause of obesity. A peer-review study published in the British medical journal The Lancet demonstrated a strong link between soda consumption and childhood obesity. They found that 12 year olds who drank soft drinks regularly were more likely to be...
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...Soda, and other sugary drinks should be banned by the New York Health Board. The ban would ban the sale of sugary drinks in containers larger than 16 oz. Too much sugar is the leading cause of obesity. Soda is also not healthy at all. Obesity is a big problem in America. Sugary drinks are the leading cause of obesity. Soda contains a lot of sugar, without people even realizing it. 58% of adults in New York City are considered overweight and/or obese. That number is expected to rise. In 2030, all 50 states will have obesity rates above 44%, and 39 states will have rates above 50%. This will cause a rise in the cost to treat obesity, and its related illness, from $48 billion each year, to $66 billion. Soda, and other sugary drinks, are not...
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...the field of music CDs and are advertising it so rampantly? Or why Kingfisher got into mineral water? Why Haywards 5000 soda and its ‘Honsla anthem’ are so popularized, where as its originally a liquor brand? The makers of these brands have either been banned from advertising their original products or their marketing activities were restricted by the norms and regulations of the countries in which they advertized. These are all cases of surrogate marketing. Surrogate marketing can be defined as an intentional utilization of a company, person or object to help convey the message of another party. The term needn’t always have negative connotations as quoted in the examples above. It can have positive connotations as well. It can be considered somewhat similar to grass-root or viral marketing in which a marketing firm or the marketing wing of a firm recruits people to spread the message. Positive surrogate marketing can also refer to employing a representative to the manufacturer who will sell your product. However, like in everything else, the darker side of surrogate marketing has always been more talked about and become a trend than the positive side. Surrogate marketing has been popularly used as a means of promoting products and services that are considered unhealthy, unethical, illegal or immoral by some groups in particular or by the society at large, in a way that it becomes acceptable to the society. For instance, there are strict norms on the advertising of liquor and...
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...the Soda Ban The debate today is the question of Soda in the State of Ney York and if it should be regulated. They are trying to ban soda drinks over 16 ounces in government facilities like the movie theaters. They want to put this law in to act so that obese people will ask themselves if they really need that much sugar and the mayor thinks that is going to help but I do not believe that it will be effective because they need to be promoting a healthier lifestyle and not banning certain size drinks which is ridiculous. According to “www.thehuffingtonpost.com,”they say it went in to action to help people that cant help themselves (Ponce). This is not correct because you are the only person in the end to tell yourself to cut back or stop drinking sugary drinks and eating fast food. Some people feel it is needed to make the obese person double question him or herself and maybe start working out. I do not agree with this because I feel that if someone wants to start working out and eating healthy, they will just do it, not have to be persuaded with smaller drinks. In the end it all comes down to if you yourself want it or not and that is just how it is. I also feel very strongly that something like food, soda, and water are similarly things that are not as serious as pharmaceutical pills, cigarettes, and alcohol although they are putting 70 grams of sugar in a extra large drink and that is insane. The government is trying to regulate things like how much soda can...
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...sugary beverages be banned to sale? While some Americans today love to consume large sugary drinks, it does represent a national problem related to health issues. On the other side, restaurants, coffee companies, and consumers are worried about the Government proposal that might affect the companies’ business and the consumer’s freedom to choose any type of drink they want. The proposal prohibits the sale of any cup or bottle of sweetened drink larger than 16 fluid ounces. There are many reasons for restricting the sale and quantity of sodas in New York and this regulation is really just a wise decision that made public health one of the priorities in the City of New York. One reason we should ban selling the popular sugary drinks is that the consumption of big amounts cause obesity and other health diseases. Research has demonstrated a direct relationship between consumption of sugary drinks and an increase in the risk of overweight and obesity, which in turn promote many health conditions including: hypertension, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, gall bladder disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, respiratory problems, some cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon), and dyslipidemia (CDC, 2006). Although one of the national health objectives is to reduce the prevalence of obesity among adults, current data indicate that the circumstances are worsening (MMWR, 2006). This is particularly problematic because most of the daily calories come from sodas, energy drinks...
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...Pepsi: Repairing A Poisoned Reputation In India How the soda giant fought charges of tainted products in a country fixated on its polluted water Indra K. Nooyi says she still feels guilty filling a bathtub with water. It sounds far-fetched coming from the chief executive of a major multinational corporation, until you consider her early years. Nooyi, the chief executive of PepsiCo Inc. (PEP ), didn't get much water growing up during the 1960s in the Indian coastal city of Chennai. Although she describes her family as "very middle class," they still had to rise every morning between three and five—the only hours that the valves to the municipal water supply were turned on—and fill every bucket in the house. Two buckets were set aside for cooking, and two each would go to Nooyi, her older sister, and her younger brother. "You had to think about whether to take a bath," says Nooyi, matter-of-factly. "You learned to live your life off those two buckets." Nooyi left Chennai, propelled by a dream to build a career in the U.S. She headed to the prestigious Indian Institute of Management and later Yale University before moving into the corporate sphere, eventually settling at PepsiCo in 1994. When she was named CEO in October of last year, India's water again became a focus of her life. This time Nooyi was cast as part of the problem. Villagers charged that PepsiCo—which has named India as a top strategic priority—consumes excessive groundwater in their parched communities. Even...
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...brought with him to Europe from the Far East recipes for water ices....said to be used in Asia for thousands of years. The first ice cream parlor in America opened in New York City in 1776. Dolly Madison created a sensation when she served ice cream as a dessert in the White House at the second inaugural ball in 1812. Italo Marchiony sold his homemade ice cream from a pushcart on Wall Street. He reduced his overhead caused by customers breaking or wandering off with his serving glasses by baking edible waffle cups with sloping sides and a flat bottom. He patented his idea in 1903. During the stuffy Victorian period, drinking soda water was considered improper, so some towns banned its sale on Sundays. An enterprising druggist in Evanston, IN, reportedly concocted a legal Sunday alternative containing ice cream and syrup, but no soda. To show respect for the Sabbath, he later changed the spelling to "sundae." In 1983, Cookies 'N Cream, made with real Oreo cookies, became an instant hit, climbing to number five on the list of best-selling ice cream flavors. It also holds the distinction of being the fastest growing new flavor in the history of the ice cream industry. Top 10 Ice Cream Consuming Countries in the World United States New Zealand Denmark Australia Belgium / Luxembourg Sweden Canada Norway Ireland Switzerland Ice Cream Consumption Each American consumes a yearly average of 23.2 quarts of ice cream, ice milk, sherbet, ices and other commercially...
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...brought with him to Europe from the Far East recipes for water ices....said to be used in Asia for thousands of years. The first ice cream parlor in America opened in New York City in 1776. Dolly Madison created a sensation when she served ice cream as a dessert in the White House at the second inaugural ball in 1812. Italo Marchiony sold his homemade ice cream from a pushcart on Wall Street. He reduced his overhead caused by customers breaking or wandering off with his serving glasses by baking edible waffle cups with sloping sides and a flat bottom. He patented his idea in 1903. During the stuffy Victorian period, drinking soda water was considered improper, so some towns banned its sale on Sundays. An enterprising druggist in Evanston, IN, reportedly concocted a legal Sunday alternative containing ice cream and syrup, but no soda. To show respect for the Sabbath, he later changed the spelling to "sundae." In 1983, Cookies 'N Cream, made with real Oreo cookies, became an instant hit, climbing to number five on the list of best-selling ice cream flavors. It also holds the distinction of being the fastest growing new flavor in the history of the ice cream industry. Top 10 Ice Cream Consuming Countries in the World United States New Zealand Denmark Australia Belgium / Luxembourg Sweden Canada Norway Ireland Switzerland Ice Cream Consumption Each American consumes a yearly average of 23.2 quarts of ice cream, ice milk, sherbet, ices and other commercially...
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...Audience: School Officials that believe Students should Consume Junk Food LaVonia Sauls Kim Sale ENGL 1102 CC 30 Mar 2015 Junk Food Should Be Banned In Schools For many years now, obesity has become a problem for our nation and especially for the children growing up in society today. In our generation, a lot of parents are finding it harder to prepare their kids breakfast and lunch, let alone prepare meals for themselves. Like a new trend, skipping breakfast has become quite popular in schools with many students coming to school unfed. This result has led children to eating unhealthy foods like fried food sold in the cafeteria, or snacks out of the vending machine. But this isn’t the answer, not only are the students already under-nourished from skipping breakfast, but they are digesting a large amount of fat and unhealthy food. Because child obesity is on the rise and school officials feed students greasy, salted unhealthy foods, the use of vending machines and junk food should be banned. There is a law going through congress right now about banning junk food in schools, and before you form an opinion, open your mind to see how the quality of life is being affected by junk food. Junk food can be so destructing towards your well-being and we all know that it makes people overweight. According to an article by the Irish Independent, “Globally, about twenty two million children, under the age of five, are overweight or obese” (Irish Independent Par 6). First of all,...
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...The Code of Ethics in advertising states that an advertising agency will not intentionally create ads with false products or price related statements. The agency will not use poorly supported product claims or distorted information from experts. Finally, the agency will not provide ads that offend public decency or minority groups(American Association of Advertising Agency). Ethics have always been an important aspect of every business activity, although the term has meant different times in different lands to different people. Nonetheless, as ethical concerns are an inseparable element of business, advertising cannot ignore them. Sadly, the advertising industry has rarely cared to look beyond immediate marketing objectives. The argument in the industry is that it is the government’s job to judge what is right and what is wrong. Shirking its own responsibility for regulation, the industry has belittled business values and agencies have harmed their balance sheets. For any business, customer is very important, and businesses attempt to communicate to all their target customers using means of communication like advertising and sales promotion. Advertising is very powerful and most commonly used tool. The term ethics in business involves “morality, organizational ethics and professional deontology” (Isaac, cited in Bergadaa, 2007). Every industry has its own guidelines for the ethical requirements. However, the principal four requirements for marketing...
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...........8 REFINED SUGAR IS POISON ......................................................................................12 THE TRUTH ABOUT FAT .............................................................................................27 WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP ..................................32 WATCH OUT FOR ASPARTAME .................................................................................40 AVOID MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE ..........................................................................55 OTHER FOOD ADDITIVES YOU SHOULD AVOID ......................................................62 THE PROBLEM WITH BREAKFAST CEREALS ..........................................................73 THE PROBLEM WITH DIET SODAS ............................................................................78 THE PROBLEM WITH FACTORY FARMED MEATS ...................................................85 THE PROBLEM WITH MILK .........................................................................................92 KEEP AN EYE ON THE SEAFOOD WATCH LIST .......................................................99 THE BOTTLED WATER RIP OFF...
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...“Do we need more regulation on food? Why or why not?” Food regulation is a developing concept that constantly requires attention and iteration in order to minimize food safety and health risk and best manage and communicate these risks. Food Regulation is the production, processing, distribution, retail, packaging and labeling of food items and constituents that are governed by a mass of laws, regulation, codes of practice and guidance. Similarly, food safety is a scientific discipline describing handling, preparation and storage of food to prevent foodborne illness. Though similar, the differentiating factor is that food safety informs food regulations. Consider food safety as the assessment and food regulation as the management and communication domains to reduce risks. The current piece will evaluate the scope of food regulation and look at how it has been developing over the years. The current piece highlights the mechanism of food regulation, explores major players and shares several differentiated case studies to further navigate food regulation problems and implementations. Over the course of history, food regulations, both proposed and implemented, have represented the primary concerns that arose during a certain period of time. Food regulation has been enforced since 300 BCE and since then, one of the most important food regulations was enacted in 1906 through the Pure Food and Drugs Act. The Pure Food and Drugs act prohibited interstate commerce...
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...so much? 4. How do movie theaters make their money? Going to the movies has become an extravagant commodity. The sale of a movie ticket have gone up and doubled in price. An individual looks for ways to downplay the expenses of a day at the movies. Sometimes a person just wants to sit back and enjoy a snack and a drink while watching a movie, but does not want to pay the high price for it. It seems as though some movie theaters concerns themselves more with the food at the concession stands than the movies it shows. So, people feel obligated, whether right or wrong, toward sneaking food into the movie theater. He or she runs the risk of getting caught by sneaking in his or her own food. If caught, he or she could become banned from watching future movies in the theater. A movie theater deluges lots of money into research to acquire the knowledge needed for competitiveness. Snacks cost so much in movie theaters because of the theater’s uniqueness. If an individual gets...
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...English 250 The Debate Regulating Drinks and Snacks in Schools by the Government It is not a secret that obesity in children has become a problem and in the United States alone the American Obesity Association estimates that 15 percent of children between six and nineteen suffer from obesity. (Lee, 2011) According to the CDC childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years the percentage of children aged 6-11 who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 20% in 2008, similarly, the percentage of adolescents aged 12-19 years who were obese increased from 5% to 18% over the same period. (Childhood Obesity Facts, 2012) Individuals who work in the health care field through research and statistics know that obese children will likely become obese adults, and along with that also comes Type II Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Hypertension. It is also documented that obesity forces young people to endure social, physical, and emotional abuse as a result. As statistics show childhood obesity is a growing problem, and something must be done; however, is it the job of our government to place regulations on what children eat and drink. Studies have shown that there are three principal causes of obesity: hereditary (sic) (endocrine related), inactivity, and diet. (Lee, 2011) In today’s society many children live in a household where both parents work; as a result children are left home alone to occupy their time by way of television, video games...
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...Hw#4 1. Q1. The key specific aspects of the political environment in India that have proven to play a critical role in the performance of both PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are ones that have portrayed India to be seen as unfriendly to foreign investors during years where imports were being banned from being sold in India. Coca-Cola chose to leave India in 1977 after a dispute with the government over its trade secrets and Coca-Colas refusal to cut its equity state to 40 percent. In 1991, a new government took office and introduced measure to stabilize the economy, which was appealing to foreign investors. 2. Q3. In terms of production policies, the two companies entered the market with products close to those already in the Indian market such as colas, fruit drinks, carbonated waters. They also entered the market introducing some new products such as sprite and their own brands of bottled water. Both companies have used promotional strategies to help their brand grow in India. PepsiCo gives away premium rice and candy with purchases of their product while Coca-Cola offers free passes, and special prizes like a vacation. PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have production plants and bottling centers in large cities around India for their wide range of distribution all over. Coca-Cola bought out Parle in 1993, and obtained its bottling plants in four key cities around India. 3. Q5. The Company accepted that pesticides were present in the groundwater in India and found their way into...
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