sugary drinks

The mayors of New York, Newark and 16 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.

If New York City bans big sugary sodas, what's next? Large slices of pizza? Tubs of movie-theater popcorn? The 16-ounce strip steak?

U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) has introduced an amendment to the federal Farm Bill that would require the federal government to study the possible link between sugary beverages and obesity in the United States. The study would also investigate how public health proposals that affect the cost and size of sugary beverages would impact obesity.