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New York Bans Oversized Sugary Drinks to Fight Obesity
New York City has passed the first US ban on large-size sodas and other sugary drinks sold in restaurants and other eateries in a measure to fight what is called the "obesity epidemic".An eight-member New York City Board of Health Thursday approved the...
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Hooked on fast food, an obese US city tries to slim down
This city's Broadway displays its own array of neon signs -- two dozen fast-food restaurants, as diverse as McDonald's and the local Indi's -- beckoning along a 2.8-mile corridor bookended by low-income neighborhoods on the front lines of a multimillion-dollar battle against obesity.The street symbolizes one of many hurdles facing officials here wo...
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New York Bans Oversized Sugary Drinks to Fight Obesity
New York City has passed the first US ban on large-size sodas and other sugary drinks sold in restaurants and other eateries in a measure to fight what is called the "obesity epidemic".An eight-member New York City Board of Health Thursday approved the...
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Hooked on fast food, an obese US city tries to slim down
This city's Broadway displays its own array of neon signs -- two dozen fast-food restaurants, as diverse as McDonald's and the local Indi's -- beckoning along a 2.8-mile corridor bookended by low-income neighborhoods on the front lines of a multimillion-dollar battle against obesity.The street symbolizes one of many hurdles facing officials here wo...
