date:Sep 21, 2012
New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Farley remembers when he was growing up in the 1960's a 6.5-ounce bottle of soda was the norm. Today, the standard is a 20-ounce bottle.
While people haven't fundamentally changed, Farley said, their environment has. Calling U.S. obesity a crisis, Farley made the case for government intervention in a new editorial published online Tuesday Sept. 18 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Last Thursday, the city where Farley has been commissio