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Judge halts mayor's soda ban, calls it 'arbitrary and capricious'

2013-03-12

[NYPOST] A state judge today put a cork in City Hall's plans to ban Big Apple restaurants and other venues from selling large sugary drinks -- a bubble-bursting defeat for Mayor Bloomberg, who has made public health a cornerstone of his tenure.

Before the stunning ruling by New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling, restaurants, movie theaters, sports venues, convenience stores and other places regulated by the city's health department would have been prohibited -- starting tomorrow -- from selling sugary drinks of more than 16 ounces.

Tingling permanently stopped the city from enforcing the ban.

"[The city] is enjoined and permanently restrained from implementing or enforcing the new regulations," Judge Tingling ruled.

Bloomberg vowed to appeal. The mayor grew testy when asked if he had wisely spent so much political capital on the soda ban.

"I got to defend my children and you and everybody else and do what's right to save lives," he angrily said. "Obesity kills. There's just no question about it."

Posted by:Fred

#18 richard lehmans journal review 18 february 2013

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-03-12 19:27

#17 537 Most doctors are very uncomfortable with the fact that people over 65 who are overweight or obese live longer than those who are of normal weight. Not only does this run counter to the deep puritanism of medical culture, but it also flies in the face of logic, because such people are much more likely to have diabetes, heart failure and hypertension.

And yet obese people with hypertension have the best outcomes, in trial after trial. And if you give them thiazide diuretics and so increase their insulin resistance, they do even better. And if they get heart failure, they will greatly outlive their thinner peers. Here is an analysis of the ACCOMPLISH trial dont even try to remember which one that was which clearly shows that thiazide treatment gives better outcomes in hypertensive fat people.

By all thats holy in mechanistic reasoning, this should not be true, and it is all too much for the authors of the accompanying editorial. They list their objections and state: Therefore, we reject the conclusion of Weber and colleagues that diuretic-based regimens are a reasonable choice in obese patients. On the contrary, we surmise that thiazide diuretics are contraindicated in obesity, relatively speaking. So surmise trumps evidence? I dont think so.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-03-12 19:26

#16 That assumes the poor "morbidly obese" person is working and paying taxes, and he or she is not simply a consumer. Not at all certain we can accurately make that assumption Mugs. Not sure where the facts lie, but they might actually be 180 degrees to the south.

Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-12 17:58

#15 Ah, but by becoming morbidly obese and dying young you are ROBBING the government of the taxes you would have paid!

Posted by: Muggsy Mussolini1226 2013-03-12 17:52

#14 It certainly is Alanc, and each day that passes brings additional proof..... [as if we actually needed any additional proof].

Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-12 17:47

#13 Besoeker, at the rate they're redefining obesity anyone that doesn't look anorexic will be defined as obese.

Then they can do anything they want which is, after all, what they're after.

It's not about health. It IS about power & control.

Posted by: Alanc 2013-03-12 16:44

#12 Yet another wagon load of much to do about nothing. How many clinically obese 70 year olds have you seen lately? Clinical obesity eventually fixes itself.

Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-12 16:41

#11 "While other people will wring their hands over the problem of sugary drinks..."

.......anybody?

Posted by: tu3031 2013-03-12 16:35

#10 I see another problem Bloomburg has.

We have a responsibility as human beings to do something, to save each other, Mr. Bloomberg said after the ruling. While other people will wring their hands over the problem of sugary drinks, in New York City, were doing something about it.
He obviously believes that The Gubment has the power to focibly "help" people. He knows whats best for us.

Posted by: Deacon Blues 2013-03-12 14:40

#9 Maybe it should be renamed The Not-quite Supreme Court.

Posted by: Deacon Blues 2013-03-12 14:27

#8 People might wonder how NYC can appeal a Supreme Court Decision.

Well it turns out that in NYState the Supreme Court is only the second highest court. The Court of Appeals is the highest court.

So, if Bloomberg does win the appeal, the consolation is we will may the headline,

"Supreme Court Overruled"

Posted by: lord garth 2013-03-12 13:39

#7 "Ya left out 'stupid', judgie-wudgie!"

Posted by: Muggsy Mussolini1226 2013-03-12 10:52

#6 Bloomberg To Appeal Halt Of "Arbitrary And Capricious" Decision
It took the NY Mayor's office a few brief minutes to respond to Judge Tingling's order, and announce it would promptly appeal the decision. Because apparently nobody thought of the children.

Posted by: tipper 2013-03-12 02:44

#5 Personally I blame the Babe on "NCIS".

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-12 01:58

#4 A start, maybe now the Obama regulations will be seen in a different/better light, they're NOT forever, he just WANTS them forever.

(You know what they say about wanting in one hand?)

Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-03-12 01:43

#3 Nanny Gets A Dope Slap...film at eleven.

Posted by: tu3031 2013-03-12 00:39

#2 Everyone dies. For most of human history, because of a lack rather than an over abundance of food. You'd think it would be worth celebrating.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-12 00:21

#1 "Obesity kills. There's just no question about it."

So does stupidity.

Posted by: DarthVader 2013-03-12 00:11

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