Yeah, I saw a commercial last night. Apparently the boneheads responsible for all the "nutrition" poop going on here have decided that child obesity is due to soda, and raising the price of it will limit child obesity.
First of all, what the intercourse . Child obesity is caused by negligent parents who buy them all the junk poop without caring how expensive it is. And it's not even soda. There's kids that eat 4 large, unhealthy meals a day, and they're blaming soda.
Also, I drink a lot of soda. Well, not a lot, but i drink it fairly often. Thing is, i'm not overweight in the slightest. Why should I have to suffer if I know how to have it in moderation?
Your thoughts.
I thought diet soda solved this problem. Isn't the problem with soda more the acid than the sugar? I mean, some kinds of fruit juices are more sugary than soda. Makes no sense.
Um, at least where I work, soda is expensive compared to the other drinks. It's over $2 for a 1 liter of pepsi, but 1 liter of Brisk tea is 99c (I actually stopped drinking soda, I mostly drink tea now. Partly because of price and partly because it's delicious.)
NY is just trying to tax as much poop as they can, a few months ago they put bottle deposits on water, so that sort of deflates their argument that they're doing it to prevent childhood obesity.
Good. Over the last five years the government has been taxing the crap out of cigarettes, and obesity is closer than ever to cigarettes as a large factor in causes of death in the United States. It's time to spread some of this taxation around.
Quote from: BOREDFANBOY on March 01, 2010, 07:49:30 AM
Good. Over the last five years the government has been taxing the crap out of cigarettes, and obesity is closer than ever to cigarettes as a large factor in causes of death in the United States. It's time to spread some of this taxation around.
I tried searching for poop to prove you wrong, but found that you are horrifically right. 40% of Americans are obese, while only 20% smoke.
Then again, saying one is obese and saying one will die from obesity are two different things. I couldn't find anything on the cause of death being obesity (it would probably be counted as diabeetus or something caused from the obesity, making it harder).
Either way, soda definitely isn't the cause of obesity in kids. I think it's the lack of doing poop outside.
Soda doesn't cause obesity. It being your only source of fluid intake does.
I hate Paterson.
the governor doesnt really know what obesity looks like lol
Quote from: Lotos on March 01, 2010, 12:57:02 PM
I hate Paterson.
Even his own party does. No one is supporting him for reelection. We were honestly probably better off with Spitzer. Sure, he intercourse ed around with prostitutes, after being a huge support of busting prostitution rings, and used state money to do so, but he'd still probably being doing a better job.
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on March 01, 2010, 12:52:44 PM
Soda doesn't cause obesity. It being your only source of fluid intake does.
Still, the poop people try do do to make kids "more active" just makes it worse. Every single attempt I've seen says: YOU'RE FAT AND YOU PROBABLY NEVER GO OUTSIDE. SO WHY DONT YOU THROW AWAY YOUR VIDEO GAME, GET OFF THE FUCKING COUCH, AND DO SOME BORING SHIT OUTSIDE BY YOURSELF. STOP DRINKING YOUR SUGARY BEVERAGE AND SWITCH TO FUCKING APPLE JUICE. EAT LESS FOOD. YOU DONT NEED PROTEIN, SO ONLY EAT HALF OF A CHEESEBURGER. NEVER HAVE MORE THAN NINE FUCKING CHIPS PER DAY.
Seriously healthfags, stfu. All you're doing is too much. I can't make a meal out of half a cheeseburger and nine chips. You're REALLY pushing it. You try to give growing children the smallest intercourse ing food portions ever. God. Figure out, kids need a balanced diet. So encourage them to eat meat, instead of "nothing but intercourse ing vegetables"
People don't know poop. They think eating vegetables with everything will make you healthier. FYI, a veggie burger does NOT have the nutritional value of a hamburger.
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on March 01, 2010, 12:52:44 PM
Soda doesn't cause obesity. It being your only source of fluid intake does.
Exactly. I never drink soda, it's just plain unhealthy. Like one or two every once in a while isn't bad, but i've seen people who are getting a soda every five minutes.
It's not the ONLY cause of obesity in kids (I don't think there is one main cause, it's a combination of a lot of things), but i'm sure it helps. Either way, I don't think the tax is a bad thing.
Sugar isn't the thing that concerns me with soda. The bad stuff is Mountain Dew and all the other drinks with insane amounts of caffeine. The sugar can be balanced out by only drinking soda and milk- the beverage that destroys fat and cures cancer. If more people drank milk there would be world peace.
Quote from: Cornwad on March 01, 2010, 01:14:22 PM
Sugar isn't the thing that concerns me with soda. The bad stuff is Mountain Dew and all the other drinks with insane amounts of caffeine. The sugar can be balanced out by only drinking soda and milk- the beverage that destroys fat and cures cancer. If more people drank milk there would be world peace.
I drink Mountain Dew pretty often, but I also drink a lot of milk ^_^
Quote from: K on March 01, 2010, 01:02:11 PM
You try to give growing children the smallest intercourse ing food portions ever. God. Figure out, kids need a balanced diet. So encourage them to eat meat, instead of "nothing but intercourse ing vegetables"
People don't know poop. They think eating vegetables with everything will make you healthier. FYI, a veggie burger does NOT have the nutritional value of a hamburger.
I've never seen most of this.
They encourage a little bit of everything, not small meals and veggie-spam.
Also, I probably drink 2-3 cans of Coke a day, so good thing I don't live in NY if this gets passed.
Though I heard about this months ago, so.
Quote from: Cornwad on March 01, 2010, 01:14:22 PM
Sugar isn't the thing that concerns me with soda. The bad stuff is Mountain Dew and all the other drinks with insane amounts of caffeine. The sugar can be balanced out by only drinking soda and milk- the beverage that destroys fat and cures cancer. If more people drank milk there would be world peace.
But milk also gives you ACNE D:
Seriously, it does. I only have milk in cereal, drinking a glass of milk seems weird to me...
WTF....
what do they think kids chug it by every two liter bottle??
Come on! They obviously eat all kinds of other s*** that makes them fat.
Btw, obese kids are predicted to have a lower life expectancy than their parents. Thats scary. They will die before their parents do. Wtf is happening.
Quote from: Phaze on March 01, 2010, 01:24:11 PM
But milk also gives you ACNE D:
Seriously, it does. I only have milk in cereal, drinking a glass of milk seems weird to me...
They have medicine and stuff for that now. Pretty much everything gives you acne nowadays anyway. Acne is the new cancer.
Oh, and apparently its only skim milk, which doesn't even count as milk.
Quote from: Phaze on March 01, 2010, 01:05:29 PM
I don't think the tax is a bad thing.
I do. This tax is being thrown in with a myriad of other taxes all to avoid raising income and/or property taxes. And why target soda only? How about beer? Too much of that isn't healthy for you. Or what about lattes? Or the juices that are all sugary?
This tax is an asinine one with no actually legitimate reason to exist outside of trying to get more money from me through yet another tax.
And, your diet has very little affect on acne. It's primarily hormonal.
I drink a ton a of soda all the time and it doesn't make me fat.
Quote from: Phaze on March 01, 2010, 01:24:11 PM
But milk also gives you ACNE D:
Seriously, it does. I only have milk in cereal, drinking a glass of milk seems weird to me...
Chocolate milk :(
Quote from: Cornwad on March 01, 2010, 01:28:53 PM
They have medicine and stuff for that now. Pretty much everything gives you acne nowadays anyway. Acne is the new cancer.
Oh, and apparently its only skim milk, which doesn't even count as milk.
Well, I won't argue with that. But milk is a big cause, every dermatologist i've been to asked to make sure I didn't drink a lot of milk. Skim milk is somewhat wose, but it's whole milk too.
Anyway, I don't get the big deal of just eating healthier, it's not like you have to become a vegetarian or anything, eat what you want, just have some self control. Portion control is key, and just go for a little 30 minute walk every day, or even just 3 days a week make a big difference. It seems like all of you think drinking 3 sodas a day and eating cheeseburgers is perfectly fine, but i'm sure half of you can't say you are super healthy and in your proper weight zone.
Quote from: K on March 01, 2010, 01:02:11 PM
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Which is why you should do everything in moderation.
Should. Do any of us do that? I doubt we do it the way the health experts want us to.
Quote from: Phaze on March 01, 2010, 01:44:30 PM
It seems like all of you think drinking 3 sodas a day and eating cheeseburgers is perfectly fine, but i'm sure half of you can't say you are super healthy and in your proper weight zone.
The intercourse ?
Everyone in this thread has basically said it's a matter of moderation when consuming soda and other poop. Stop generalizing. And stop making up bullpoop and read the bloody thread.
Cheeseburgers are delicious. All of the Olympic athletes love cheeseburgers. I don't know about sodas though.
Quote from: Cornwad on March 01, 2010, 01:14:22 PMIf more people drank milk there would be world peace.
Sigquoted for truth
Also, I should point out that I am one of these obese people, yet I intercourse ing HATE pop.
They've been trying to do this for ages, I doubt it'll pass.
If it does, hey, not my problem, I can't have caffeine anymore :3
Quote from: Doodle on March 01, 2010, 01:18:00 PM
I've never seen most of this.
They encourage a little bit of everything, not small meals and veggie-spam.
Also, I probably drink 2-3 cans of Coke a day, so good thing I don't live in NY if this gets passed.
Though I heard about this months ago, so.
you should drink more. how do you do that and stay at 110 pou-- OH WAIT. AMERICA! HERES YOUR COUNTEREXAMPLE. DOODLE DRINKS LOTS OF SODA, AND HAVE YOU SEEN THIS KID?
yeah