Go Clinton! The former President and the current governor of Arkansas have persuaded the nation’s soft drink makers to remove high-calorie beverages from public schools. The New York Times has the full story.
This is really impressive, as I didn’t expect the likes of Coca-Cola and Pepsico to really give a rat’s ass about slowly killing a generation as long as it brought in money. I guess they had to bend to the general public’s growing realization of what’s going on. There’s really no reason for anyone to drink soda. Giving it up is an easy, easy way to cut calories, and when you have some for the first time in a long while, you’ll realize how sickly sweet it is.
Now if we can just get Big Soda to stop selling poison water.
While the British may not be implementing a “fat tax” after all, it seems like a good idea to me. Closer to home, McDonald’s has announced plans to end their “SuperSize” option. This is definitely a step in the right direction, although I can’t help but think that it discourages personal responsibility and in some way perpetuates the notion that one’s obesity is not one’s own damn fault. My real concern at this point is who’s gonna pay for the health care when all the fools on Atkins start having massive kidney failure. The current advertising environment on television (like “Atkins-friendly” stuff from every major restaurant chain) de facto assumes that a low carb diet is the way to go. Even local media outlets are pushing this approach with no hint of the dangers. Out of the frying pan, into the deep fryer.
