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| Baltimore committee passes bill barring restaurants from serving kids soda |
| 2018-02-15 |
| [BALTIMORESUN] Baltimore City Council committee voted Tuesday morning to support a bill that would bar restaurants from including sodas and other sugary drinks in kids meals, a move supporters say could improve children’s health. Ofergawdsake, how did any of us ever reach adultery without this kind of politicians looking out for us? Under the proposed measure, city restaurants would be required to offer water, milk or real fruit juice on children’s menus. They would still be allowed to serve soda to children if accompanying adults order it. An advocacy group called Sugar Free Kids said the measure could help reduce the amount of sugar in childrens’ diets. "They’re drinking way too much sugar," said Shawn McIntosh, the group’s director. Encouraging children to pick healthy drinks while eating out could lead to them choosing the same refreshments at home. But McIntosh acknowledged that the measure would be "baby steps toward changing the culture." The full council will consider the bill later this month. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #15 What about diet pepsi? No sugar there. |
| Posted by: B. White5295 2018-02-15 18:00 |
| #14 Dentists hardest hit |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-02-15 17:41 |
| #13 Ofergawdsake, how did any of us ever reach adultery LOL |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-02-15 12:26 |
| #12 "Ofergawdsake, how did any of us ever reach adultery without this kind of politicians looking out for us?" Good parents/parenting. Or growing up w/o them and bearing the consequences. |
| Posted by: Snoluting Phomoth8901 2018-02-15 11:17 |
| #11 "No Pepsi for you!" |
| Posted by: Roth LaDoad 2018-02-15 10:57 |
| #10 Maybe they can add in a few practice grenades. |
| Posted by: bbrewer126 2018-02-15 10:16 |
| #9 I would think a freedom of speech argument would take this law down. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-02-15 09:21 |
| #8 OK, no soda. But we're still allowed shoot each other over business deals gone bad and slights to our dignity, right? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-02-15 08:04 |
| #7 Diverting attention from real problems. |
| Posted by: Tholet Smiter of the Apes9172 2018-02-15 07:37 |
| #6 I blame the sugar. Gives'em the jitters. Impairs proper sight picture and alignment. Also plays hell with magazine reloading. Banning the dreadful soda is the least we can do. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-02-15 05:20 |
| #5 Crens Grumble6323 Exactly! This sort of shite shows an administrator has totally lost their way. "Changing the culture" is for peoples not administrators. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-02-15 05:16 |
| #4 It's good to see that Baltimore is finally addressing the important issues rather than getting sidetracked by unimportant distractions like an incompetent mayor and corrupt police department... oh yeah and the Ravens |
| Posted by: Crens Grumble6323 2018-02-15 04:35 |
| #3 baby steps toward changing the culture Of taking your kid to eat out? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-02-15 03:10 |
| #2 But McIntosh acknowledged that the measure would be "baby steps toward changing the culture." Which is the entire point. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-02-15 00:36 |
| #1 Why not outlaw desserts as well? I guarantee there's a lot more sugar in a slice of carrot cake than there is in a can of Pepsi. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-02-15 00:35 |