Under the proposed changes to Article 81 of the NYC Health Code, food-service establishments would not be able to sell packages larger than 16 ounces for drinks that have more than 25 calories per eight-ounce serving.
It also deserves mention that the publication of this article represents an abject, egregious failure of peer-review and editorial competence at Food and Chemical Toxicology, the journal in which it appeared.
An article in the International Journal of Obesity says that lack of exercise and an excess of junk food may not sufficiently explain our expanding waistlines.
"There's been more studies that find that if you introduce them early it may actually prevent food allergy, " said David Fleischer, co-author of the article and a pediatric allergist at National Jewish Health in Denver.
He thus joined W. Edwards Deming (see article) in management mythology as one of the two Americans who, unappreciated in their own fast-food country for their ideas about quality, had been compelled to go abroad to find recognition.