New York Health Department Ads Link Increased Soda Consumption to Leg Amputations
- Posted on January 10, 2012 at 5:52pm by
Liz Klimas
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On the heels of the controversial childhood obesity ad campaign we’ve reported on in Georgia, the New York Department of Heath and Mental Hygiene has also rolled out a new campaign that is ruffling the feathers of some for its portrayal of soda size leading health issues like leg amputations.
The ad in question states “Portions have grown. So has Type 2 diabetes, which can lead to amputations”. In the ad is an obese individual who has had a leg amputation and a graphic showing the growth of soda portion sizes.
The New York Times reports that American Beverage Association takes issue with ad, stating that it does not accurately represent the connection between serving size and obesity:
“Portion control is indeed an important piece of the solution to obesity,” said Stefan Friedman, a spokesman for the association. “But instead of utilizing scare tactics, the beverage industry is offering real solutions like smaller portioned containers and calorie labels that show the number of calories in the full container, right up front, to help people choose products and sizes that are right for them and their families.”
In 2009, during a legislative battle over taxing sodas, the health department produced ads that showed a pile of yellow fat on a place-setting and warned that drinking a can of soda a day “can make you 10 pounds fatter a year.” Last year, the New York Times reported that there had been a “protracted dispute” within the department about scientific validity of that claim.
According to Reuters, City Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said disturbing images were chosen for the campaign to “drive home a point.”
Soda isn’t the only product called out for increased portion sizes; fries and hamburgers make an appearance in the ads as well. The department points out that in the last 50 years serving sizes of soda have quadrupled and french fries have tripled.
The “hard-hitting” campaign, which began releasing ads on Monday, is seeking to help New Yorkers think twice about their portion sizes as nearly 57 percent of adults and two out of every five children are considered overweight or obese.
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ares338
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 7:28pmI have type 2 and I’m swigging a Coke Zero. Get out of my business.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 4:50amFor a Balanced Diet… Eat a Liberal!
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 5:48amWouldn’t losing a leg get rid of the extra pounds.
Could someone explain to me the Department of Health’s mental hygiene program. Sounds a bit like brainwashing to me.
Report Post »Greeneink
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 6:49ameew yuk?! Eat spoiled rotten meat? turn my stomach!
Report Post »marion
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:14amThat’s nothing. They have infested the children and cartoons so much it isn’t even funny. I was listening to some cartoon over the holiday as background and actually stopped what I was doing to hear the character say, “Don’t throw that kleenex in the garbage, you can recycle it even with snot on it.”
How about outlawing the fake sugars causing the problems? Think about it for a second. A soda filled with sugar causes diabetes, yet in order to stabilize the sugar spikes in a diabetic’s diet, they eat a piece of fruit. High fructose corn syrup (fermented, hydrogenated corn starch, HFCS), not sugar. Yeah, the body doesn’t know the difference, but evidently it does. Just like the hydrogenated oils and finally working to purge them out of the food chain, people don’t have high cholesterol levels, they have hydrogenated oils attaching the cholesterol levels to the arteries and preventing the body from being able to digest them out of the body.
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 6:57pmStop playing God with are food sources !
Report Post »Go All Natural
sndrman
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 7:22pmso if your stupid and don’t know when to stop stuffing your mouthwhat gets cut off if your stupid? what happend to personal responsibility? we have schools to teach our children, called health class as well as science and education in general right. so why is the gov’t now TELLING US OR NUDGEING US? should the money spent in schoold to indoctrinate our children maybe they should actually teach our children…so the teachers spend time singing b.HUSSAINo.’s praises, and other indoctrinations making our children dumb and then we need moosechelle,and the food potrol to limit or change what we can eat…..isn’t that something?
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 7:37pmIt should show the amount activity level in tis country has dropped. That is the biggest reason for the increase in belt sizes. Michael Phelps the swimmer eats over 7,000 calories a day, lots of junk food. He is in perfect shape…
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:38pmIf there is going to a “food police” it should be the health care providers, they are the ones taking the risk. Give me a good discount for eating right, it will probably motivate me. If I don’t like the rate structure, I’ll change companies. That’s the way the free market works!
Oh, I forgot, government is taking over health care so they are the providers, and if I don’t like their rates… ooops! Welcome to serfdom.
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 7:08pmLower your carbs, eat good proteins (meat, fish, poultry, dairy and eggs), carb containing fresh leafy and other “garden veggies” (NOT “sugar” veggies such as sweet peas, sweet corn, sweet beets, etc.), moderate fruits (berries, small portions of apples, grapes, etc.), and good fats (animal source, which contain ESSENTIAL fatty acids), and you will NOT GET DIABETES and can “normalize” your sugars if you have diabetes. In addition, your cholesterol numbers will improve, your blood pressure will be better maintained and you can loose/control your weight ALL WITHOUT STARVING!
See the eating plan of 75 year old, Type I diabetic, Dr. Richard K. Bernstein–DIABETES SOLUTION (Rev. 2011) at: http://www.diabetes-book.com/
Report Post »flatbroke
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 7:06pmreally ??? this is not rocket science! is it?? when i was a kid eating Mcdonnalds was a treat that came maybe 1 time a month, or once every 2 months, eating take out was a treat, and still is for me, and 1 hamburger, and 1 small fry, and small drink was it, now its 1 huge double hamburger, and 1 drink regular size, no fries, because everything kind of food is on steroids these days, the burgers, the fries and drinks, the servings are so huge, this is common sence, you know what you can eat.
Report Post »Blue Istari
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 7:04pm“In 2009, during a legislative battle over taxing sodas, the health department produced ads that showed a pile of yellow fat on a place-setting and warned that drinking a can of soda a day “can make you 10 pounds fatter a year.” Last year, the New York Times reported that there had been a “protracted dispute” within the department about scientific validity of that claim.”
I nearly laughed out loud at this. I’m living proof that claim is a load of bull… Since my teens I‘ve drank a couple sodas a day and I’ve never experienced any weight gain, nor been found at risk for diabetes. I understand some people really need to lose weight (actual obese people, not pudgy people who are ranked overweight by the flawed BMI scale and are consequently shamed into believing they’re porkers), but demonizing/taxing certain food items isn’t the answer.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 7:38pmDoes Al Gore own all of the scientists? I personally think it’s because they use a straw. Straws are dangerous.
Report Post »drago
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:57pmAs a type one diabetic (insulin dependant) it is up to the individule as to whether they wish to die a slow death or not.If those that run the regulatory agencies want a long and healthy life, i would sugest staying out of our lives. Sooner or later they will go to far, and pay a very heavy price for it, my 2 cents anyway……
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:48pmCut off the welfare, close the cities and put the seat warmers to work, the pounds will melt away.
Report Post »larrylarrylarry
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:47pmdid you know if you take 400 units of vitamin E daily you may have a 17% increase risk of prostate cancer? Elderly women in Finland had a 5% increase in mortality if they took vitamins.
Report Post »Quest4Freedom
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:25pmlarry etc., Really? I am interested in reading proof of this statement. I have heard nothing but praises for vit. E and vitamins in general. I’m not calling you full-of-it, but until I see the proof of your statement, as in, verbatim… word for word, from those who can be trusted in relaying TRUTH. Not the AMA or any such “professional” that has nothing to gain by those of us who believe in NATURAL products that the industry cannot receive huge kick-backs from drug companies because they are not regulated, I have my doubts as to what you are saying.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:36pmPut a ‘Government on that CARB-r-ator’….that‘s what they’re doing alright.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:31pmModeration people, moderation. :)
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 12:11amMind your own business.
Report Post »DSTSS2010
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:26pmAttention! Attention! Your Government, in order to reduce your wieght, has restricted consumption of everything!
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:36pmIs that why Obama doesn’t improve the economy ? He wants us to have less money to buy too much food ?
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:33pmBaber-
and its working isn’t it.
Report Post »txn4justice
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 8:36amThanks?
Report Post »possom
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:24pmAnd the ows causes rat, flea, and bed bug infestation and yet you idiot’s let it happen.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:20pmIsn’t it amazing that America is now so populated with stupid people that the government needs to tell them what to eat ? Wonder what Big Daddy will be telling his stupid children how to do next ?
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:28pmIgnorance breeds ignorance.
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:30pmDon’t worry, the cleanse is coming…
I love everybody, but I recognize that we are all responsible for our own actions, and that those actions have consequences. There is, however a limit to how many of my freedoms I’ll give up to ensure that nobody makes the wrong choice. That limit is zero!
Report Post »drago
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:58pmEveryone should call and have a heathy eating packet sent to moochelle and mikey “mashed potato” moore……..
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 12:13amModerationisbest has a problem with people getting to live their lives how they see fit.
Report Post »flyguync
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:19pmPeople that already have diabetes do not need to be ingesting large quantities of sugar-laden drinks. My wife had a friend that was diabetic and refused to follow a diet that would help her condition. She frequently drank regular soda and wound up with both legs amputated. She was dead at age 48. This ad goes too far. People just need to be accountable for their actions.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:16pmNotice how the level of propaganda from the PC idiots continues ot accelerate daily?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:27pmHow are you? I keep trying to make contact but don’t know how. Hope all is well!
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:15pmHere’s some advice: stop eating fast food every day and drinking two liters of pop every day or if you do I’m not paying for your healthcare.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:15pmPortions have grown, but you still have a choice. Key word here is “still”. The feds are gearing up for when Obamacare goes into full effect, and then we all will be living in a protective bubble and cared for by our loving government. Gotta keep those health costs down.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:30pmSo right. Future ObamaCare Policy Don’t Get Sick…
Report Post »coppervette
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:14pmI drink a 24 pack of Mt Dew a day and and sit in front of this PC all day and have not gained one pound in 20 years.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:24pmOfficials will be sending a chain saw operator and clean up crew over to your house directly. They don‘t believe you haven’t gained a lb in 20 years.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:48pmThe cooper colored “vette” was the best color ever. 1974 or“ 75” I think
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:49pm“Copper”–not cooper. sorry.
Report Post »JENGA
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:13pmYes, we believe whatever you say…. were all zombies, you have no agenda….
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 12:51amJENGA, I guess the expect everyone to go along with the brainwashingand the idea that we are simply to stupid to make intelligent decisions.
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:10pmRight, and statistics show that 90% of everyone that died in a car crash in the last year had a hamburger within the last two weeks.
Report Post »db321
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:18pmAnd Chris Mathews said he would vote for Huntsman – the Devil told me I should rob a Bank. Is this how we play the Socialist game.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:08pmIt’s not ALL bad. Whackin’ off yer legs will be a sure fire way to lose weight.
Report Post »db321
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:16pmIsn’t NY bankrupt! I have no idea how this could have happened.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:51pmYes,but then you wouldn’t have a leg to stand on!. arggggg…..
Report Post »Joey8
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:04pmcorrelation does not imply causation
Report Post »booger71
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:14pmYour right because any carb turns into sugar in the bloodstream. EATING INCREASED AMOUNTS OF WILD RICE WILL LEAD TO LEG AMPUTATIONS.
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:01pmROMNEY AND THE MORMON CULT AGENDA FOR THE U.S.A.
LOOK CLOSELY, THIS IS WHY YOUR GUT INSTINCTS ABOUT HIM ARE RIGHT.
http://www.saintsalive.com/resourcelibrary/mormonism/the-mormon-plan-for-america-and-the-rise-of-mitt-romney
barber2
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:21pmRon Paul Troll…or a Democrat…
Report Post »DesdemonasCrew
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:30pmYou need to be amputated, you obese diabetic troll. Stick to the topic!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:01pmThat can also happen if you lie across a train track. These food regulators need to get a hobby and get the heck out of people’s lives. A bad choice is a bad choice, it’s called personal responsiblilty.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 5:56pmStay out of our lives !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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