NYC Mayor To UN: Health Food Push Is 'Government's Highest Duty'
During a United Nations General Assembly summit on non-communicable diseases -- a discussion that included diet and eating habits -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said “governments at all levels must make healthy solutions the default social option."
Speaking on the government's role in diet and health last week, Bloomberg told the UN General Assembly, “There are powers only governments can exercise, policies only governments can mandate and enforce and results only governments can achieve. To halt the worldwide epidemic of non-communicable diseases, governments at all levels must make healthy solutions the default social option. That is ultimately government’s highest duty.”
Earlier in his address Bloomberg lauded the past dietary efforts of NYC, “In 2009 we enacted the first restriction on cholesterol-free artificial trans fat in the city’s food service establishments. Our licensing of street green card producer/vendors has greatly increased the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables in neighborhoods with high rates of diet related diseases. And we’ve led a national salt reduction initiative and engaged 28 food manufacturers, supermarkets and restaurant chains to voluntarily commit to reducing excessive amounts of sodium in their products. ”
Shortly after the address, the UN adopted a political declaration on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
Among the items included in the declaration are having governments intervene with the advertising of foods deemed unhealthy to “Promote the implementation of the WHO (World Health Organization) set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children, including foods that are high in saturated fats, trans-fatty acids, free sugars, or salt,” according to the document.
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Mayor Bloomberg
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 10:24pm.
That was a speech that would have made Joe Stalin proud.
What Bloomberg failed to
Submitted by Trix Rabbit on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 10:32pm.
What Bloomberg failed to mention is what are the results of government-mandated eating habits.
Has salt consumption gone down? Are the prices of fresh fruit and vegetables at their highest levels? I would answer no on the first and hell yes on the second.
I would also wager that in spite of the mayor's Sesame Street approach to nutrition, the average New Yorker would still prefer a high-carbohydrate, cheese-ladened pizza.
For the MSM: In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me. As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
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This idiot better stay away from my kitchen
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 10:46pm.
....else he'll find himself short a few fingers.
I can't express my disgust at the arrogance of this man.
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Demolition Man
Submitted by jon_torlin on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 12:01am.
J, he's acting more and more like Simon Cocteau of Demolition Man, hell, the guy even looks like him.
The movie has it placed in San Angeles (combination of San Fran and Los Angeles) but it actually takes place in NY.
Good Gawd, truth IS stranger than fiction!
-Jon
thinks he's one of our our betters....he better stay in New York
Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 10:59pm.
Will the government outlaw home cooking? I can and do cook anything I want to eat.
In fact I enjoy trying out the clone recipes of famous fast foods, including the salt, fats, and high cholesteral oils.
How does NYC
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:00pm.
elect both Guiliani and Bloomberg as mayors? Were all the smart people out of town when Bloomberg was elected?
I was thinking something along those lines
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:34pm.
Actually, more like, Without Giulani, Bloomsbury wouldn't have had such an easy go of it. He'd still be struggling with sleaze in Time Square, squeegee men, and all the rest. And maybe even Governor Number Nine, too.
all the UN dictators nodded in agreement
Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:10pm.
Speaking on the government's role in diet and health last week, Bloomberg told the UN General Assembly, “There are powers only governments can exercise, policies only governments can mandate and enforce and results only governments can achieve.
Gee, Mikey, you mean roads, police and justice are optional?
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:28pm.
New York City seems to be a case of mass hysteria combined with some unidentified hallucinogenic agent(s). Would love to see the toxicology report on their water supply. Are they still using the LSD as the disinfectant of choice?
So, "Eat your peas" is a municipal policy, too.
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:32pm.
As well as being national fiscal policy.
So... we got UN 'blue
Submitted by ant on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 1:42am.
So... we got UN 'blue helmets' extorting desperate, teenage African girls with sex for food that WE pay for, and this asshole is demonizing Americans that use salt or whatever. Enough already! I'm losing my friggin' patience. I've been following this political BS for 20 years now, and as the saying goes, "Beware the anger of the patient man."!
Government's highest duty?
Submitted by ThisnThat on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 6:13am.
Maybe so. But each of our UN buddies are thinking, "So what is Government's second-highest duty". And are thinking,
__________
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Saw this yesterday, so my duct tape is already on.....
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 7:31am.
There are powers only governments can exercise, policies only governments can mandate and enforce and results only governments can achieve. To halt the worldwide epidemic of non-communicable diseases, governments at all levels must make healthy solutions the default social option.
Governments have NO freakin' business making laws about NON-COMMUNICABLE diseases.
Once a country decides that a government has a vested "public" interest in the individual physical condition of its citizens, there is nothing.....NOTHING they can't control.
Bloomie is food NAZI # 2
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 3:46pm.
This is food NAZI # 1.
-Dave
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It is really nice effort. I
Submitted by lisa123 on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 5:15am.
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