Soda Should Be Banned

“More than half of adult New Yorkers are obese or overweight, according to the city’s health department, which said it believed 5,000 New Yorkers died every year as a result of health problems related to obesity” (Grynbaum). This mind-boggling statistic is what lead the mayor propose a soda ban that would limit the size of soda that could be sold. This ban, in an effort to fight obesity, would discourage people from buying larger sodas by banning the sale of sodas of more than 16 oz. Although this proposed soda ban may seem like a great plan to stop obesity and promote health, the soda ban will not be beneficial in the long run to lower Americans’ risk of Obesity or even promote health, and there are also more effective ways of promoting health and fighting Obesity. The soda ban will not be effective in lowering the Obesity rate of the residents of New York. It simply would not stop people who really want more soda. For instance, people could buy two small drinks in lieu of the illegal large drink (Pappas). Although some claim that the soda ban may deter people from buying more soda since buying multiple small sodas will be more expensive, people will spend the little extra money to buy multiple small sodas. It can furthermore be safely assumed that, since there
If it works for children, it can be safely assumed that it will work for more mature adults as well.
Although the soda ban may seem like a good idea to lower obesity and increase the health of the American society, it is simply not an effective approach since there are many loopholes around it and it doesn’t apply to several sugary drinks. There are many other more efficient ways to fight obesity, including: promoting healthier habits to children in schools, promoting physical activity, and encouraging healthy eating (“Reversing the