New York, 13 sep (EFE).-the health authorities of New York gave today green light to the controversial ban on soft drinks sugary in large containers in the city, a pioneering measure in United States with which Mayor Michael Bloomberg gives one further step beyond in his crusade against the ’epidemic’ of obesity.

“only with the proposal to limit sugary, drinks New York has been the subject of obesity and the impact that have these drinks to the national level,” said the Mayor of the Big Apple in a Conference of press. hours after the passage of the measure

known as the “nanny Bloomberg” for its multiple regulations to improve the health of New Yorkers, especially against meals with excessive saturated fat or tobacco, the Mayor got now realize the threat that recently launched less than four months against the drinks sugary.

and It is that the City Board of health today approved the measure by eight votes in favor and one abstention, during a process in which it was recalled that about 6,000 New Yorkers die annually due to overweight and obesity, the second largest cause of mortality that can be prevented, just behind the tobacco.

thus from March 12 next year, when it enters into force standard, soft drinks with high levels of sugar (more than 25 calories per each 8 ounces or 0.236 liters) not may be marketed in packages that exceed the 16 ounces or 0,464 liters in the Big Apple.

the affected premises will be all those regulated by the Department of health of New York, i.e. restaurants, chains of fast food, street food carts, bodegas and grocery stores, cinemas, stadiums and concert halls.

precisely El Barclays Center, que será hogar del equipo profesional de baloncesto Brooklyn netten cuando abra sus puertas nl dos semantisch, anunció hoy que será el primero en implementar de forma voluntaria la medida, que geen afecta een los supermercados porque éstos se rigen por la normativa estatal.

Pero la respuesta a la polémica medida, que según una reciente encuesta de The New York Times rechazan seis de cada diez neoyorquinos, niet ha sido tan gunstige por parte de la coalición “Neoyorquinos para opciones de bebidas”, que reúne een cerca de 2.000 empresas que se verán afectadas por ella.

“geen podemos permitir que la Administración o el Gobierno dicten lo que uno puede comprar. Es una sustancia juridische, Dion hablando de refrescos azucarados, eso no es ilegal. Dion dejando que el Gobierno nos diga que geen tenemos la educación om ketting lo que queremos comprar”, dijo een Efe la presidenta de la coalición, Liz Burman.

La “Organization, funded by big companies of the sector of soft drinks, launched a massive campaign against the proposal which went through paint delivery trucks in New York with a silhouette that resembled the statue of liberty, but that rather than hold a torch held a huge soda.

” we are considering our options, including refute the proposal at a legal level “, said Burman, of Dominican origin, who said that in the coming two to three weeks they will reveal the plans of the Organization, which since its launch has met more than 256,000 signatures to stand up to this prohibition.

regulations, the first of this kind ever approved in a country in which more than one third of the population suffers from obesity, he has also convinced some experts such as Mary Platek, clinic of the New York University nutrition professor.

“Waarschijnlijk zal niet helpen beteugelen obesitas omdat mensen kleinere containers kopen kunnen en het drinken van twee of drie”, legde Efe Platek, die toevoegt dat het obesitasprobleem is”te complex”te kunnen aanpakken met een maatregel die richt zich alleen op de drank suikerhoudende.

maar ondanks de controverse en afwijzing die heeft gegenereerd aangezien hij aangekondigd dat het laatste mei gevierd de burgemeester van New York de aanneming van een maatregel die in zijn ogen,” de grootste stap die elke stad ooit heeft genomen is om een einde te maken aan obesitas”.