Surprise! NYC Obesity is up 25% in Bloomberg's tenure.

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Surprise! NYC Obesity is up 25% in Bloomberg's tenure.

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Obesity up 25% even though soda consumption is down. What's Nanny Dumberg's next brilliant idea? :lol:

http://nypost.com/2013/09/30/obesity-up ... nt-in-nyc/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This is what happens when you take a scientific consensus from a soft science ("soda causes obesity!") as immutable truth and let it influence policy. :coffee:
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Re: Surprise! NYC Obesity is up 25% in Bloomberg's tenure.

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Pwns wrote:Obesity up 25% even though soda consumption is down. What's Nanny Dumberg's next brilliant idea? :lol:

http://nypost.com/2013/09/30/obesity-up ... nt-in-nyc/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This i what happens when you take a scientific consensus from a soft science ("soda causes obesity!") as immutable truth and implement it in government. :coffee:

Did you expect it stop on a dime, knucklefuck?

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :ohno: :ohno: :ohno: :ohno: :ohno:
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Cap'n Cat wrote:
Pwns wrote:Obesity up 25% even though soda consumption is down. What's Nanny Dumberg's next brilliant idea? :lol:

http://nypost.com/2013/09/30/obesity-up ... nt-in-nyc/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This i what happens when you take a scientific consensus from a soft science ("soda causes obesity!") as immutable truth and implement it in government. :coffee:

Did you expect it stop on a dime, knucklefuck?

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :ohno: :ohno: :ohno: :ohno: :ohno:
Well, we were at least hoping it would turn on a donut.
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Cap'n Cat wrote:
Pwns wrote:Obesity up 25% even though soda consumption is down. What's Nanny Dumberg's next brilliant idea? :lol:

http://nypost.com/2013/09/30/obesity-up ... nt-in-nyc/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This i what happens when you take a scientific consensus from a soft science ("soda causes obesity!") as immutable truth and implement it in government. :coffee:

Did you expect it stop on a dime, knucklefuck?

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :ohno: :ohno: :ohno: :ohno: :ohno:
Most of Bloomberg's anti-obesity policies have been in effect for quite a while. The trans fat ban has been in effect for 5 years now. It's all a failure.

Obesity is not really as well understood as a lot of government busybodies and a lot of epidemiologists think it is, Capn. There have been some intriguing experiments involving mice showing how the composition of intestinal flora can affect weight. This is a perfect example of a "scientific consensus" that could very well be laughably inaccurate.
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If he touches my pizza, I'll kick him in his matzah balls. :twisted:
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There's a black market for trans fat, cigarette smoke and Big Gulps in NYC.
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Pwns wrote:
Cap'n Cat wrote:

Did you expect it stop on a dime, knucklefuck?

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :ohno: :ohno: :ohno: :ohno: :ohno:
Most of Bloomberg's anti-obesity policies have been in effect for quite a while. The trans fat ban has been in effect for 5 years now. It's all a failure.

Obesity is not really as well understood as a lot of government busybodies and a lot of epidemiologists think it is, Capn. There have been some intriguing experiments involving mice showing how the composition of intestinal flora can affect weight. This is a perfect example of a "scientific consensus" that could very well be laughably inaccurate.

Still too soon for significant changes to appear.
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Ibanez wrote:There's a black market for trans fat, cigarette smoke and Big Gulps in NYC.
That's racist. :bad:
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Keeping people from drinking soda doesn't mean very much if they still eat too much and exercise too little. It's not terribly complicated.
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